#F2E48A#F2E48A

#F2E48A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.112 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E48A
RGB	rgb(242, 228, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 43%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -7.43, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 46.12, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.08% -0.0206 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(91.08% 0.112 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.9504, 76.2012, 35.1161)
Luminance	0.7620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E48A #8A98F2

analogous

#F2B08A #F2E48A #CCF28A

triadic

#F2E48A #8AF2E4 #E48AF2

tetradic

#F2E48A #8AF2B0 #8A98F2 #F28ACC

square

#F2E48A #8AF2B0 #8A98F2 #F28ACC

split-complementary

#F2E48A #8ACCF2 #B08AF2

monochromatic

#E6CB1C #ECD753 #F2E48A #F8F1C1 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F2E48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#F2E48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E48A

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E48A	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 228, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.112 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ecad',
    500: '#f2e48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e48a;
$custom-light: #f8ecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91082,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E48A

secondary

#5263CE

accent

#26DC09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E48A

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

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