#F2DE79#F2DE79

#F2DE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.124 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2DE79
RGB	rgb(242, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 50%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -5.99, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 51.94, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.018 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.124 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.1925, 72.5028, 28.5932)
Luminance	0.7250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2DE79 #798DF2

analogous

#F2A179 #F2DE79 #C9F279

triadic

#F2DE79 #79F2DE #DE79F2

tetradic

#F2DE79 #79F2A1 #798DF2 #F279C9

square

#F2DE79 #79F2A1 #798DF2 #F279C9

split-complementary

#F2DE79 #79C9F2 #A179F2

monochromatic

#DBBB15 #EDD041 #F2DE79 #F7ECB1 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F2DE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#F2DE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2DE79

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2DE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2DE79	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2de79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.124 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e8a2',
    500: '#f2de79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2de79;
$custom-light: #f8e8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2de79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89632,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2DE79

secondary

#435ACC

accent

#2ADF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2DE79

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

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