#F2E357#F2E357

#F2E357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.158 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E357
RGB	rgb(242, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -10.94, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 68.63, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0359 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.158 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.8099, 74.5061, 19.9296)
Luminance	0.7450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E357 #5766F2

analogous

#F29657 #F2E357 #B3F257

triadic

#F2E357 #57F2E3 #E357F2

tetradic

#F2E357 #57F296 #5766F2 #F257B3

square

#F2E357 #57F296 #5766F2 #F257B3

split-complementary

#F2E357 #57B3F2 #9657F2

monochromatic

#C0AF0F #EEDA1E #F2E357 #F6EC90 #FBF6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F2E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#F2E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E357

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E357	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.158 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeb8d',
    500: '#f2e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e357;
$custom-light: #faeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90281,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E357

secondary

#303DBE

accent

#19E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E357

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

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