#F2E176#F2E176

#F2E176 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E176
RGB	rgb(242, 225, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 83%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 51.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -7.75, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 54.44, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0234 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.8153, 74.0381, 27.9073)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E176 #7687F2

analogous

#F2A376 #F2E176 #C5F276

triadic

#F2E176 #76F2E1 #E176F2

tetradic

#F2E176 #76F2A3 #7687F2 #F276C5

square

#F2E176 #76F2A3 #7687F2 #F276C5

split-complementary

#F2E176 #76C5F2 #A376F2

monochromatic

#D9BE15 #EDD53E #F2E176 #F7EDAE #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F2E176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#F2E176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E176

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E176	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 225, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eaa0',
    500: '#f2e176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e176;
$custom-light: #f9eaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 82.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.902,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E176

secondary

#4053CC

accent

#24DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E176

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

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