#F2E398#F2E398

#F2E398 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.096 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E398
RGB	rgb(242, 227, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.2%, 37.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -5.45, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 38.88, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0138 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.096 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7557, 76.0844, 40.7109)
Luminance	0.7608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E398 #98A7F2

analogous

#F2B698 #F2E398 #D4F298

triadic

#F2E398 #98F2E3 #E398F2

tetradic

#F2E398 #98F2B6 #98A7F2 #F298D4

square

#F2E398 #98F2B6 #98A7F2 #F298D4

split-complementary

#F2E398 #98D4F2 #B698F2

monochromatic

#E4C52B #EBD462 #F2E398 #F9F2CE #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F2E398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#F2E398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E398

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E398	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 227, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.096 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ebb7',
    500: '#f2e398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e398;
$custom-light: #f7ebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 77.586,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91104,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E398

secondary

#5F71D0

accent

#2EDA0C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E398

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

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