#F2D857#F2D857

#F2D857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.148 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2D857
RGB	rgb(242, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -5.43, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 65.00, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.0202 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.148 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.8969, 68.6801, 18.9585)
Luminance	0.6868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2D857 #5771F2

analogous

#F28A57 #F2D857 #BFF257

triadic

#F2D857 #57F2D8 #D857F2

tetradic

#F2D857 #57F28A #5771F2 #F257BF

square

#F2D857 #57F28A #5771F2 #F257BF

split-complementary

#F2D857 #57BFF2 #8A57F2

monochromatic

#C0A20F #EECB1E #F2D857 #F6E590 #FBF2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#F2D857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#F2D857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2D857

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2D857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2D857	1.00	1.43	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2d857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.148 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae38c',
    500: '#f2d857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2d857;
$custom-light: #fae38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2d857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.935,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88046,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2D857

secondary

#3047BE

accent

#29E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2D857

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

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