#F2E299#F2E299

#F2E299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.094 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E299
RGB	rgb(242, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 36.8%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -4.84, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 38.00, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0119 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.094 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.5653, 75.5719, 41.0532)
Luminance	0.7557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E299 #99A9F2

analogous

#F2B599 #F2E299 #D6F299

triadic

#F2E299 #99F2E2 #E299F2

tetradic

#F2E299 #99F2B5 #99A9F2 #F299D6

square

#F2E299 #99F2B5 #99A9F2 #F299D6

split-complementary

#F2E299 #99D6F2 #B599F2

monochromatic

#E4C32C #EBD363 #F2E299 #F9F1CF #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F2E299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#F2E299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E299

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E299	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.094 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ebb8',
    500: '#f2e299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e299;
$custom-light: #f7ebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.213,
    "s": 77.391,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90921,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E299

secondary

#6074D0

accent

#31DA0C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E299

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

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