#F2E451#F2E451

#F2E451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.163 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E451
RGB	rgb(242, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -11.77, 70.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 71.32, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0389 0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.163 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.8492, 74.9607, 18.7832)
Luminance	0.7496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E451 #515FF2

analogous

#F29451 #F2E451 #AFF251

triadic

#F2E451 #51F2E4 #E451F2

tetradic

#F2E451 #51F294 #515FF2 #F251AF

square

#F2E451 #51F294 #515FF2 #F251AF

split-complementary

#F2E451 #51AFF2 #9451F2

monochromatic

#BBAC0E #EEDB18 #F2E451 #F6ED8A #FBF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F2E451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#F2E451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E451

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E451	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.163 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faec89',
    500: '#f2e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e451;
$custom-light: #faec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90436,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E451

secondary

#2E3AB9

accent

#16E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E451

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

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