#F2E181#F2E181

#F2E181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.119 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E181
RGB	rgb(242, 225, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 46.7%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -6.78, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 49.28, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0195 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.119 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.5074, 74.3150, 31.5528)
Luminance	0.7431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E181 #8192F2

analogous

#F2A881 #F2E181 #CBF281

triadic

#F2E181 #81F2E1 #E181F2

tetradic

#F2E181 #81F2A8 #8192F2 #F281CB

square

#F2E181 #81F2A8 #8192F2 #F281CB

split-complementary

#F2E181 #81CBF2 #A881F2

monochromatic

#E1C317 #ECD44A #F2E181 #F8EEB8 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F2E181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#F2E181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E181

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E181	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 225, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.119 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8eaa7',
    500: '#f2e181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e181;
$custom-light: #f8eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 81.295,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90345,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E181

secondary

#4A5ECD

accent

#28DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E181

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

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