#F2E157#F2E157

#F2E157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.156 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E157
RGB	rgb(242, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -9.95, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 67.95, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0331 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.156 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.2661, 73.4184, 19.7483)
Luminance	0.7342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E157 #5768F2

analogous

#F29357 #F2E157 #B6F257

triadic

#F2E157 #57F2E1 #E157F2

tetradic

#F2E157 #57F293 #5768F2 #F257B6

square

#F2E157 #57F293 #5768F2 #F257B6

split-complementary

#F2E157 #57B6F2 #9357F2

monochromatic

#C0AC0F #EED71E #F2E157 #F6EB90 #FBF5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F2E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#F2E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E157

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E157	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.156 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea8d',
    500: '#f2e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e157;
$custom-light: #faea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.419,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89872,
    "c": 0.15577,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E157

secondary

#303FBE

accent

#1CE203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E157

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

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