#F2E490#F2E490

#F2E490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.106 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E490
RGB	rgb(242, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 40.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -6.82, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 43.21, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.17% -0.0183 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(91.17% 0.106 100)
XYZ	xyz(69.3968, 76.3797, 37.4673)
Luminance	0.7638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E490 #909EF2

analogous

#F2B390 #F2E490 #CFF290

triadic

#F2E490 #90F2E4 #E490F2

tetradic

#F2E490 #90F2B3 #909EF2 #F290CF

square

#F2E490 #90F2B3 #909EF2 #F290CF

split-complementary

#F2E490 #90CFF2 #B390F2

monochromatic

#E5C922 #ECD759 #F2E490 #F8F1C7 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F2E490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#F2E490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E490

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E490	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.106 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ecb1',
    500: '#f2e490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e490;
$custom-light: #f8ecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 79.032,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91174,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.76378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E490

secondary

#5768CF

accent

#28DB0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E490

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

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