#F2E079#F2E079

#F2E079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E079
RGB	rgb(242, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -6.99, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 52.68, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.0209 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.7268, 73.5715, 28.7713)
Luminance	0.7357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E079 #798BF2

analogous

#F2A379 #F2E079 #C7F279

triadic

#F2E079 #79F2E0 #E079F2

tetradic

#F2E079 #79F2A3 #798BF2 #F279C7

square

#F2E079 #79F2A3 #798BF2 #F279C7

split-complementary

#F2E079 #79C7F2 #A379F2

monochromatic

#DBBE15 #EDD341 #F2E079 #F7EDB1 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F2E079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#F2E079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E079

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E079	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e9a2',
    500: '#f2e079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e079;
$custom-light: #f8e9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90036,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E079

secondary

#4357CC

accent

#27DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E079

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

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