#F2DE59#F2DE59

#F2DE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.152 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2DE59
RGB	rgb(242, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -8.33, 65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 66.12, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0283 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.152 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.5450, 71.8438, 19.9166)
Luminance	0.7184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2DE59 #596DF2

analogous

#F29259 #F2DE59 #B9F259

triadic

#F2DE59 #59F2DE #DE59F2

tetradic

#F2DE59 #59F292 #596DF2 #F259B9

square

#F2DE59 #59F292 #596DF2 #F259B9

split-complementary

#F2DE59 #59B9F2 #9259F2

monochromatic

#C1AA0F #EED320 #F2DE59 #F6E992 #FBF5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F2DE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#F2DE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2DE59

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2DE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2DE59	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2de59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.152 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae88e',
    500: '#f2de59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2de59;
$custom-light: #fae88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2de59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.157,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89279,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2DE59

secondary

#3043BF

accent

#21E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2DE59

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

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