#F2DE57#F2DE57

#F2DE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.153 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2DE57
RGB	rgb(242, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -8.45, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 66.94, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0288 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.153 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.4622, 71.8107, 19.4803)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2DE57 #576BF2

analogous

#F29157 #F2DE57 #B9F257

triadic

#F2DE57 #57F2DE #DE57F2

tetradic

#F2DE57 #57F291 #576BF2 #F257B9

square

#F2DE57 #57F291 #576BF2 #F257B9

split-complementary

#F2DE57 #57B9F2 #9157F2

monochromatic

#C0A90F #EED31E #F2DE57 #F6E990 #FBF4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F2DE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#F2DE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2DE57

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2DE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2DE57	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)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2de57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.153 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae88c',
    500: '#f2de57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2de57;
$custom-light: #fae88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2de57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89261,
    "c": 0.15323,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2DE57

secondary

#3042BE

accent

#20E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2DE57

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

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