#F2E05D#F2E05D

#F2E05D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.150 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E05D
RGB	rgb(242, 224, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 61.6%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -9.08, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 65.14, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.03 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.15 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2519, 72.9815, 21.0035)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E05D #5D6FF2

analogous

#F2955D #F2E05D #B9F25D

triadic

#F2E05D #5DF2E0 #E05DF2

tetradic

#F2E05D #5DF295 #5D6FF2 #F25DB9

square

#F2E05D #5DF295 #5D6FF2 #F25DB9

split-complementary

#F2E05D #5DB9F2 #955DF2

monochromatic

#C5AF10 #EDD524 #F2E05D #F7EB96 #FBF6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F2E05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#F2E05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E05D

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E05D	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 224, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.150 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae990',
    500: '#f2e05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e05d;
$custom-light: #fae990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 85.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89722,
    "c": 0.15035,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E05D

secondary

#3143C2

accent

#1FE204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E05D

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

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