#F2E291#F2E291

#F2E291 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.103 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E291
RGB	rgb(242, 226, 145)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 40.1%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -5.70, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 41.93, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.015 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.103 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.9266, 75.3164, 37.6893)
Luminance	0.7531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E291 #91A1F2

analogous

#F2B191 #F2E291 #D1F291

triadic

#F2E291 #91F2E2 #E291F2

tetradic

#F2E291 #91F2B1 #91A1F2 #F291D1

square

#F2E291 #91F2B1 #91A1F2 #F291D1

split-complementary

#F2E291 #91D1F2 #B191F2

monochromatic

#E5C524 #ECD45A #F2E291 #F8F0C8 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F2E291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#F2E291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E291

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E291	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 226, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.103 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ebb2',
    500: '#f2e291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e291;
$custom-light: #f8ebb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 78.862,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90787,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E291

secondary

#586CCF

accent

#2DDB0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E291

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

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