#F2E36A#F2E36A

#F2E36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.142 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E36A
RGB	rgb(242, 227, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 84%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 56.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -9.69, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 60.62, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0303 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.142 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.6908, 74.8585, 24.5690)
Luminance	0.7486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E36A #6A79F2

analogous

#F29F6A #F2E36A #BDF26A

triadic

#F2E36A #6AF2E3 #E36AF2

tetradic

#F2E36A #6AF29F #6A79F2 #F26ABD

square

#F2E36A #6AF29F #6A79F2 #F26ABD

split-complementary

#F2E36A #6ABDF2 #9F6AF2

monochromatic

#CFBB12 #EDD832 #F2E36A #F7EEA2 #FCF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F2E36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#F2E36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E36A

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E36A	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 227, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.142 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eb98',
    500: '#f2e36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e36a;
$custom-light: #f9eb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 83.951,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90465,
    "c": 0.14225,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E36A

secondary

#3646CB

accent

#1DE005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E36A

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

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