#F2D859#F2D859

#F2D859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.147 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2D859
RGB	rgb(242, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -5.31, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 64.17, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0196 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.147 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.9797, 68.7132, 19.3949)
Luminance	0.6871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2D859 #5973F2

analogous

#F28C59 #F2D859 #BFF259

triadic

#F2D859 #59F2D8 #D859F2

tetradic

#F2D859 #59F28C #5973F2 #F259BF

square

#F2D859 #59F28C #5973F2 #F259BF

split-complementary

#F2D859 #59BFF2 #8C59F2

monochromatic

#C1A30F #EECB20 #F2D859 #F6E592 #FBF3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#F2D859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#F2D859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2D859

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2D859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2D859	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	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)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2d859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.147 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae38d',
    500: '#f2d859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2d859;
$custom-light: #fae38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2d859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.804,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88065,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2D859

secondary

#3048BF

accent

#29E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2D859

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

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