#F2E261#F2E261

#F2E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E261
RGB	rgb(242, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -9.82, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 64.16, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0316 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.9744, 74.1356, 22.1413)
Luminance	0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E261 #6171F2

analogous

#F29A61 #F2E261 #BAF261

triadic

#F2E261 #61F2E2 #E261F2

tetradic

#F2E261 #61F29A #6171F2 #F261BA

square

#F2E261 #61F29A #6171F2 #F261BA

split-complementary

#F2E261 #61BAF2 #9A61F2

monochromatic

#C8B410 #EDD828 #F2E261 #F7EC9A #FBF7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F2E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#F2E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E261

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E261	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ea93',
    500: '#f2e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e261;
$custom-light: #f9ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.379,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90168,
    "c": 0.14891,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E261

secondary

#3242C5

accent

#1DE104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E261

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →