#F2E161#F2E161

#F2E161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.148 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E161
RGB	rgb(242, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -9.32, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 63.80, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0302 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.148 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7033, 73.5933, 22.0510)
Luminance	0.7359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E161 #6172F2

analogous

#F29961 #F2E161 #BAF261

triadic

#F2E161 #61F2E1 #E161F2

tetradic

#F2E161 #61F299 #6172F2 #F261BA

square

#F2E161 #61F299 #6172F2 #F261BA

split-complementary

#F2E161 #61BAF2 #9961F2

monochromatic

#C8B310 #EDD628 #F2E161 #F7EC9A #FBF6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F2E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#F2E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E161

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E161	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.148 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ea93',
    500: '#f2e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e161;
$custom-light: #f9ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89965,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E161

secondary

#3243C5

accent

#1EE104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E161

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

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