#F2DE51#F2DE51

#F2DE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.158 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2DE51
RGB	rgb(242, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -8.79, 68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 69.32, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0304 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.158 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.2272, 71.7167, 18.2426)
Luminance	0.7171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2DE51 #5165F2

analogous

#F28E51 #F2DE51 #B5F251

triadic

#F2DE51 #51F2DE #DE51F2

tetradic

#F2DE51 #51F28E #5165F2 #F251B5

square

#F2DE51 #51F28E #5165F2 #F251B5

split-complementary

#F2DE51 #51B5F2 #8E51F2

monochromatic

#BBA50E #EED318 #F2DE51 #F6E98A #FBF4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F2DE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#F2DE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2DE51

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2DE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2DE51	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2de51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.158 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae789',
    500: '#f2de51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2de51;
$custom-light: #fae789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2de51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.547,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89211,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2DE51

secondary

#2E3FB9

accent

#1FE303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2DE51

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

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