#F2DE5B#F2DE5B

#F2DE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.150 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2DE5B
RGB	rgb(242, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.4%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -8.21, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 65.30, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0277 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.15 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.6302, 71.8778, 20.3650)
Luminance	0.7188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2DE5B #5B6FF2

analogous

#F2925B #F2DE5B #BAF25B

triadic

#F2DE5B #5BF2DE #DE5BF2

tetradic

#F2DE5B #5BF292 #5B6FF2 #F25BBA

square

#F2DE5B #5BF292 #5B6FF2 #F25BBA

split-complementary

#F2DE5B #5BBAF2 #925BF2

monochromatic

#C3AB0F #EED322 #F2DE5B #F6E994 #FBF5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F2DE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#F2DE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2DE5B

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2DE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2DE5B	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2de5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.150 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae88f',
    500: '#f2de5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2de5b;
$custom-light: #fae88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2de5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.053,
    "s": 85.311,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89297,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2DE5B

secondary

#3144C1

accent

#21E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2DE5B

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

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