#F2E251#F2E251

#F2E251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.161 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E251
RGB	rgb(242, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -10.78, 69.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 70.65, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0361 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.161 103)
XYZ	xyz(65.3022, 73.8667, 18.6009)
Luminance	0.7386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E251 #5161F2

analogous

#F29151 #F2E251 #B1F251

triadic

#F2E251 #51F2E2 #E251F2

tetradic

#F2E251 #51F291 #5161F2 #F251B1

square

#F2E251 #51F291 #5161F2 #F251B1

split-complementary

#F2E251 #51B1F2 #9151F2

monochromatic

#BBA90E #EED918 #F2E251 #F6EB8A #FBF5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F2E251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#F2E251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E251

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E251	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.161 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea89',
    500: '#f2e251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e251;
$custom-light: #faea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.037,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90027,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.73864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E251

secondary

#2E3CB9

accent

#19E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E251

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

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