#F2E178#F2E178

#F2E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E178
RGB	rgb(242, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 50.4%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -7.58, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 53.52, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0227 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.9354, 74.0861, 28.5399)
Luminance	0.7408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E178 #7889F2

analogous

#F2A478 #F2E178 #C6F278

triadic

#F2E178 #78F2E1 #E178F2

tetradic

#F2E178 #78F2A4 #7889F2 #F278C6

square

#F2E178 #78F2A4 #7889F2 #F278C6

split-complementary

#F2E178 #78C6F2 #A478F2

monochromatic

#DBBF15 #EDD540 #F2E178 #F7EDB0 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F2E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#F2E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E178

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E178	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8eaa1',
    500: '#f2e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e178;
$custom-light: #f8eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90225,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E178

secondary

#4255CC

accent

#25DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E178

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

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