#F2DE55#F2DE55

#F2DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.155 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2DE55
RGB	rgb(242, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -8.57, 67.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 67.74, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0294 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.155 101)
XYZ	xyz(64.3816, 71.7784, 19.0559)
Luminance	0.7178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2DE55 #5569F2

analogous

#F29055 #F2DE55 #B7F255

triadic

#F2DE55 #55F2DE #DE55F2

tetradic

#F2DE55 #55F290 #5569F2 #F255B7

square

#F2DE55 #55F290 #5569F2 #F255B7

split-complementary

#F2DE55 #55B7F2 #9055F2

monochromatic

#BEA80F #EED31C #F2DE55 #F6E98E #FBF4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F2DE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#F2DE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2DE55

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2DE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2DE55	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.155 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae78b',
    500: '#f2de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2de55;
$custom-light: #fae78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.357,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89244,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.71776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2DE55

secondary

#2F41BC

accent

#20E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2DE55

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

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