#F2E461#F2E461

#F2E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.151 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E461
RGB	rgb(242, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -10.82, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 64.87, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.0345 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.151 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.5214, 75.2296, 22.3237)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E461 #616FF2

analogous

#F29C61 #F2E461 #B8F261

triadic

#F2E461 #61F2E4 #E461F2

tetradic

#F2E461 #61F29C #616FF2 #F261B8

square

#F2E461 #61F29C #616FF2 #F261B8

split-complementary

#F2E461 #61B8F2 #9C61F2

monochromatic

#C8B610 #EDDA28 #F2E461 #F7EE9A #FBF7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F2E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#F2E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E461

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E461	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.151 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ec93',
    500: '#f2e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e461;
$custom-light: #f9ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.207,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90577,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E461

secondary

#3240C5

accent

#1AE104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E461

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

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