#F2E051#F2E051

#F2E051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.159 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E051
RGB	rgb(242, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -9.79, 69.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 69.98, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0333 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.159 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.7615, 72.7853, 18.4207)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E051 #5163F2

analogous

#F28F51 #F2E051 #B3F251

triadic

#F2E051 #51F2E0 #E051F2

tetradic

#F2E051 #51F28F #5163F2 #F251B3

square

#F2E051 #51F28F #5163F2 #F251B3

split-complementary

#F2E051 #51B3F2 #8F51F2

monochromatic

#BBA70E #EED618 #F2E051 #F6EA8A #FBF4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F2E051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#F2E051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E051

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E051	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.159 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae989',
    500: '#f2e051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e051;
$custom-light: #fae989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.292,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89618,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E051

secondary

#2E3EB9

accent

#1CE303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E051

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

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