#F2E455#F2E455

#F2E455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.160 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E455
RGB	rgb(242, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -11.55, 68.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 69.77, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.47% -0.0379 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(90.47% 0.16 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.0036, 75.0225, 19.5966)
Luminance	0.7502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E455 #5563F2

analogous

#F29655 #F2E455 #B1F255

triadic

#F2E455 #55F2E4 #E455F2

tetradic

#F2E455 #55F296 #5563F2 #F255B1

square

#F2E455 #55F296 #5563F2 #F255B1

split-complementary

#F2E455 #55B1F2 #9655F2

monochromatic

#BEAE0F #EEDB1C #F2E455 #F6ED8E #FBF6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F2E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#F2E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E455

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E455	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.160 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faec8c',
    500: '#f2e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e455;
$custom-light: #faec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.65,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90469,
    "c": 0.15983,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E455

secondary

#2F3CBC

accent

#17E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E455

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

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