#F2E09D#F2E09D

#F2E09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.087 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E09D
RGB	rgb(242, 224, 157)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(47, 35%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 35.1%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -3.37, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 35.24, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.0074 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.087 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.3605, 74.6249, 42.6421)
Luminance	0.7462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E09D #9DAFF2

analogous

#F2B59D #F2E09D #D9F29D

triadic

#F2E09D #9DF2E0 #E09DF2

tetradic

#F2E09D #9DF2B5 #9DAFF2 #F29DD9

square

#F2E09D #9DF2B5 #9DAFF2 #F29DD9

split-complementary

#F2E09D #9DD9F2 #B59DF2

monochromatic

#E4BE31 #EBCF67 #F2E09D #F9F1D3 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F2E09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#F2E09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E09D

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E09D	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 224, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.087 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e9ba',
    500: '#f2e09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e09d;
$custom-light: #f7e9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.294,
    "s": 76.577,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90591,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E09D

secondary

#637AD0

accent

#38D90D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E09D

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

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