#F2E397#F2E397

#F2E397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.097 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E397
RGB	rgb(242, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 37.6%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -5.56, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 39.38, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0142 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.097 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6742, 76.0518, 40.2814)
Luminance	0.7605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E397 #97A6F2

analogous

#F2B697 #F2E397 #D4F297

triadic

#F2E397 #97F2E3 #E397F2

tetradic

#F2E397 #97F2B6 #97A6F2 #F297D4

square

#F2E397 #97F2B6 #97A6F2 #F297D4

split-complementary

#F2E397 #97D4F2 #B697F2

monochromatic

#E4C62A #EBD461 #F2E397 #F9F2CD #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F2E397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#F2E397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E397

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E397	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.097 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ebb6',
    500: '#f2e397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e397;
$custom-light: #f7ebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.11,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91087,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E397

secondary

#5E70CF

accent

#2EDA0B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E397

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

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