#F2E151#F2E151

#F2E151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.160 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E151
RGB	rgb(242, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -10.29, 69.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 70.31, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0347 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.16 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.0311, 73.3244, 18.5105)
Luminance	0.7332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E151 #5162F2

analogous

#F29151 #F2E151 #B2F251

triadic

#F2E151 #51F2E1 #E151F2

tetradic

#F2E151 #51F291 #5162F2 #F251B2

square

#F2E151 #51F291 #5162F2 #F251B2

split-complementary

#F2E151 #51B2F2 #9151F2

monochromatic

#BBA80E #EED718 #F2E151 #F6EB8A #FBF5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F2E151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#F2E151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E151

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E151	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.160 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea89',
    500: '#f2e151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e151;
$custom-light: #faea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.665,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89822,
    "c": 0.16004,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E151

secondary

#2E3DB9

accent

#1BE303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E151

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

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