#F2E551#F2E551

#F2E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.164 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E551
RGB	rgb(242, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -12.27, 70.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 71.67, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.0403 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.164 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.1251, 75.5125, 18.8752)
Luminance	0.7551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E551 #515EF2

analogous

#F29451 #F2E551 #AEF251

triadic

#F2E551 #51F2E5 #E551F2

tetradic

#F2E551 #51F294 #515EF2 #F251AE

square

#F2E551 #51F294 #515EF2 #F251AE

split-complementary

#F2E551 #51AEF2 #9451F2

monochromatic

#BBAD0E #EEDC18 #F2E551 #F6EE8A #FBF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F2E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#F2E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E551

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E551	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.164 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faec89',
    500: '#f2e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e551;
$custom-light: #faec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.155,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90641,
    "c": 0.1635,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E551

secondary

#2E39B9

accent

#15E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E551

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

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