#F2E256#F2E256

#F2E256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.157 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E256
RGB	rgb(242, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 64.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -10.50, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 68.69, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0348 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.157 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.4966, 73.9444, 19.6250)
Luminance	0.7394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E256 #5666F2

analogous

#F29456 #F2E256 #B4F256

triadic

#F2E256 #56F2E2 #E256F2

tetradic

#F2E256 #56F294 #5666F2 #F256B4

square

#F2E256 #56F294 #5666F2 #F256B4

split-complementary

#F2E256 #56B4F2 #9456F2

monochromatic

#BFAD0F #EED81D #F2E256 #F6EC8F #FBF6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F2E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#F2E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E256

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E256	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.157 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea8c',
    500: '#f2e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e256;
$custom-light: #faea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90068,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E256

secondary

#2F3EBD

accent

#1AE203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E256

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

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