#F2E057#F2E057

#F2E057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.155 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E057
RGB	rgb(242, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -9.45, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 67.61, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0317 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.155 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.9965, 72.8793, 19.6584)
Luminance	0.7288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E057 #5769F2

analogous

#F29357 #F2E057 #B7F257

triadic

#F2E057 #57F2E0 #E057F2

tetradic

#F2E057 #57F293 #5769F2 #F257B7

square

#F2E057 #57F293 #5769F2 #F257B7

split-complementary

#F2E057 #57B7F2 #9357F2

monochromatic

#C0AB0F #EED61E #F2E057 #F6EA90 #FBF5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F2E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#F2E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E057

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E057	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.155 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae98c',
    500: '#f2e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e057;
$custom-light: #fae98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89668,
    "c": 0.15491,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E057

secondary

#3040BE

accent

#1DE203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E057

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

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