#F2E25A#F2E25A

#F2E25A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.154 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E25A
RGB	rgb(242, 226, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 62.8%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -10.27, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 67.08, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0337 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.154 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.6623, 74.0107, 20.4976)
Luminance	0.7401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E25A #5A6AF2

analogous

#F2965A #F2E25A #B6F25A

triadic

#F2E25A #5AF2E2 #E25AF2

tetradic

#F2E25A #5AF296 #5A6AF2 #F25AB6

square

#F2E25A #5AF296 #5A6AF2 #F25AB6

split-complementary

#F2E25A #5AB6F2 #965AF2

monochromatic

#C2AF0F #EED821 #F2E25A #F6EC93 #FBF6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F2E25A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#F2E25A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E25A

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E25A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E25A	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e25a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 226, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.154 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea8e',
    500: '#f2e25a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e25a;
$custom-light: #faea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e25a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 85.393,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90103,
    "c": 0.1544,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E25A

secondary

#303FC0

accent

#1BE204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E25A

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

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