#F2DE5E#F2DE5E

#F2DE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.148 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2DE5E
RGB	rgb(242, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 61.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -8.02, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 64.04, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0268 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.148 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7622, 71.9307, 21.0602)
Luminance	0.7193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2DE5E #5E72F2

analogous

#F2945E #F2DE5E #BCF25E

triadic

#F2DE5E #5EF2DE #DE5EF2

tetradic

#F2DE5E #5EF294 #5E72F2 #F25EBC

square

#F2DE5E #5EF294 #5E72F2 #F25EBC

split-complementary

#F2DE5E #5EBCF2 #945EF2

monochromatic

#C6AD10 #EDD225 #F2DE5E #F7EA97 #FBF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F2DE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#F2DE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2DE5E

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2DE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2DE5E	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2de5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.148 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9e891',
    500: '#f2de5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2de5e;
$custom-light: #f9e891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2de5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 85.057,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89326,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2DE5E

secondary

#3145C3

accent

#22E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2DE5E

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

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