#F2E279#F2E279

#F2E279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E279
RGB	rgb(242, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 50%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.23, -8.00, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.23, 53.43, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0238 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.2675, 74.6528, 28.9515)
Luminance	0.7465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E279 #7989F2

analogous

#F2A579 #F2E279 #C5F279

triadic

#F2E279 #79F2E2 #E279F2

tetradic

#F2E279 #79F2A5 #7989F2 #F279C5

square

#F2E279 #79F2A5 #7989F2 #F279C5

split-complementary

#F2E279 #79C5F2 #A579F2

monochromatic

#DBC115 #EDD641 #F2E279 #F7EEB1 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F2E279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#F2E279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E279

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E279	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8eaa2',
    500: '#f2e279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e279;
$custom-light: #f8eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9044,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E279

secondary

#4355CC

accent

#23DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E279

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

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