#F2E396#F2E396

#F2E396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.098 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E396
RGB	rgb(242, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 38%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.87, -5.67, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.87, 39.87, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0145 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.098 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5933, 76.0195, 39.8555)
Luminance	0.7602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E396 #96A5F2

analogous

#F2B596 #F2E396 #D3F296

triadic

#F2E396 #96F2E3 #E396F2

tetradic

#F2E396 #96F2B5 #96A5F2 #F296D3

square

#F2E396 #96F2B5 #96A5F2 #F296D3

split-complementary

#F2E396 #96D3F2 #B596F2

monochromatic

#E5C629 #EBD460 #F2E396 #F9F2CC #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F2E396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#F2E396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E396

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E396	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.098 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ebb5',
    500: '#f2e396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e396;
$custom-light: #f7ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 77.966,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9107,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E396

secondary

#5D70CF

accent

#2DDA0B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E396

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

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