#F2E296#F2E296

#F2E296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.097 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E296
RGB	rgb(242, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 38%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -5.17, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 39.48, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.87% -0.0131 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(90.87% 0.097 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3206, 75.4740, 39.7646)
Luminance	0.7547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E296 #96A6F2

analogous

#F2B496 #F2E296 #D4F296

triadic

#F2E296 #96F2E2 #E296F2

tetradic

#F2E296 #96F2B4 #96A6F2 #F296D4

square

#F2E296 #96F2B4 #96A6F2 #F296D4

split-complementary

#F2E296 #96D4F2 #B496F2

monochromatic

#E5C429 #EBD360 #F2E296 #F9F1CC #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F2E296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#F2E296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E296

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E296	1.00	1.30	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.097 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ebb5',
    500: '#f2e296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e296;
$custom-light: #f7ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 77.966,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9087,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E296

secondary

#5D71CF

accent

#2FDA0B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E296

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

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