#F2E457#F2E457

#F2E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.158 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E457
RGB	rgb(242, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -11.44, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 68.98, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0373 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.158 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0842, 75.0547, 20.0210)
Luminance	0.7505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E457 #5765F2

analogous

#F29757 #F2E457 #B2F257

triadic

#F2E457 #57F2E4 #E457F2

tetradic

#F2E457 #57F297 #5765F2 #F257B2

square

#F2E457 #57F297 #5765F2 #F257B2

split-complementary

#F2E457 #57B2F2 #9757F2

monochromatic

#C0B00F #EEDB1E #F2E457 #F6ED90 #FBF6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F2E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#F2E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E457

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E457	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.158 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faec8d',
    500: '#f2e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e457;
$custom-light: #faec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.581,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90485,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E457

secondary

#303CBE

accent

#17E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E457

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

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