#F2E172#F2E172

#F2E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E172
RGB	rgb(242, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 52.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -8.08, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 56.28, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0248 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.5826, 73.9450, 26.6819)
Luminance	0.7394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E172 #7283F2

analogous

#F2A172 #F2E172 #C3F272

triadic

#F2E172 #72F2E1 #E172F2

tetradic

#F2E172 #72F2A1 #7283F2 #F272C3

square

#F2E172 #72F2A1 #7283F2 #F272C3

split-complementary

#F2E172 #72C3F2 #A172F2

monochromatic

#D6BC14 #EDD53A #F2E172 #F7EDAA #FCF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F2E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#F2E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E172

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E172	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ea9d',
    500: '#f2e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e172;
$custom-light: #f9ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9015,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E172

secondary

#3D50CC

accent

#23E006

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E172

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

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