#F2E489#F2E489

#F2E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.113 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E489
RGB	rgb(242, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 43.4%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.94, -7.53, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.94, 46.61, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0209 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.113 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.8783, 76.1723, 34.7365)
Luminance	0.7617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E489 #8997F2

analogous

#F2B089 #F2E489 #CCF289

triadic

#F2E489 #89F2E4 #E489F2

tetradic

#F2E489 #89F2B0 #8997F2 #F289CC

square

#F2E489 #89F2B0 #8997F2 #F289CC

split-complementary

#F2E489 #89CCF2 #B089F2

monochromatic

#E6CB1B #ECD752 #F2E489 #F8F1C0 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F2E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#F2E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E489

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E489	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.113 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ecad',
    500: '#f2e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e489;
$custom-light: #f8ecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 80.153,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91067,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E489

secondary

#5162CE

accent

#25DC09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E489

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

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