#F2E189#F2E189

#F2E189 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.110 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E189
RGB	rgb(242, 225, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 43.4%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -6.02, 45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 45.44, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0166 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.11 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.0602, 74.5361, 34.4638)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E189 #899AF2

analogous

#F2AD89 #F2E189 #CFF289

triadic

#F2E189 #89F2E1 #E189F2

tetradic

#F2E189 #89F2AD #899AF2 #F289CF

square

#F2E189 #89F2AD #899AF2 #F289CF

split-complementary

#F2E189 #89CFF2 #AD89F2

monochromatic

#E6C51B #ECD352 #F2E189 #F8EFC0 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F2E189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#F2E189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E189

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E189	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 225, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.110 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8eaad',
    500: '#f2e189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e189;
$custom-light: #f8eaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 80.153,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90462,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E189

secondary

#5165CE

accent

#2BDC09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E189

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

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