#F2E174#F2E174

#F2E174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E174
RGB	rgb(242, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 52.1%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -7.92, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 55.37, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0241 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.6977, 73.9911, 27.2880)
Luminance	0.7399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E174 #7485F2

analogous

#F2A274 #F2E174 #C4F274

triadic

#F2E174 #74F2E1 #E174F2

tetradic

#F2E174 #74F2A2 #7485F2 #F274C4

square

#F2E174 #74F2A2 #7485F2 #F274C4

split-complementary

#F2E174 #74C4F2 #A274F2

monochromatic

#D7BD14 #EDD53C #F2E174 #F7EDAC #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F2E174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#F2E174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E174

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E174	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ea9f',
    500: '#f2e174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e174;
$custom-light: #f9ea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 82.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90175,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E174

secondary

#3E51CC

accent

#23DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E174

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

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