#F2D257#F2D257

#F2D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.144 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2D257
RGB	rgb(242, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -2.38, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 63.19, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0115 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.144 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.3877, 65.6617, 18.4555)
Luminance	0.6566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2D257 #5777F2

analogous

#F28557 #F2D257 #C4F257

triadic

#F2D257 #57F2D2 #D257F2

tetradic

#F2D257 #57F285 #5777F2 #F257C4

square

#F2D257 #57F285 #5777F2 #F257C4

split-complementary

#F2D257 #57C4F2 #8557F2

monochromatic

#C09B0F #EEC31E #F2D257 #F6E190 #FBF0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#F2D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#F2D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2D257

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2D257	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.144 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fadf8b',
    500: '#f2d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2d257;
$custom-light: #fadf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.613,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86842,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2D257

secondary

#304DBE

accent

#31E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2D257

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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