#F2E487#F2E487

#F2E487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E487
RGB	rgb(242, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 44.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -7.72, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 47.57, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0217 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.7362, 76.1155, 33.9880)
Luminance	0.7611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E487 #8795F2

analogous

#F2AF87 #F2E487 #CBF287

triadic

#F2E487 #87F2E4 #E487F2

tetradic

#F2E487 #87F2AF #8795F2 #F287CB

square

#F2E487 #87F2AF #8795F2 #F287CB

split-complementary

#F2E487 #87CBF2 #AF87F2

monochromatic

#E6CB19 #ECD850 #F2E487 #F8F0BE #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F2E487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#F2E487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E487

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E487	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)

#F4DF80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.115 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ecab',
    500: '#f2e487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e487;
$custom-light: #f8ecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 80.451,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91037,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E487

secondary

#4F60CE

accent

#24DD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E487

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

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