#F2D959#F2D959

#F2D959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.148 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2D959
RGB	rgb(242, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -5.82, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 64.49, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0211 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.148 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.2367, 69.2271, 19.4805)
Luminance	0.6922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2D959 #5972F2

analogous

#F28C59 #F2D959 #BFF259

triadic

#F2D959 #59F2D9 #D959F2

tetradic

#F2D959 #59F28C #5972F2 #F259BF

square

#F2D959 #59F28C #5972F2 #F259BF

split-complementary

#F2D959 #59BFF2 #8C59F2

monochromatic

#C1A40F #EECC20 #F2D959 #F6E692 #FBF3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#F2D959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#F2D959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2D959

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2D959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2D959	1.00	1.41	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2d959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.148 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae48d',
    500: '#f2d959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2d959;
$custom-light: #fae48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2d959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88266,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2D959

secondary

#3047BF

accent

#28E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2D959

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

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