#F2E257#F2E257

#F2E257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.157 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E257
RGB	rgb(242, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -10.45, 67.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 68.29, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0345 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.157 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.5372, 73.9607, 19.8387)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E257 #5767F2

analogous

#F29457 #F2E257 #B5F257

triadic

#F2E257 #57F2E2 #E257F2

tetradic

#F2E257 #57F294 #5767F2 #F257B5

square

#F2E257 #57F294 #5767F2 #F257B5

split-complementary

#F2E257 #57B5F2 #9457F2

monochromatic

#C0AD0F #EED81E #F2E257 #F6EC90 #FBF6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F2E257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#F2E257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E257

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E257	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.157 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea8d',
    500: '#f2e257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e257;
$custom-light: #faea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.806,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90076,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E257

secondary

#303EBE

accent

#1AE203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E257

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

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