#F2E559#F2E559

#F2E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.158 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E559
RGB	rgb(242, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -11.82, 67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 68.53, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.71% -0.0382 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(90.71% 0.158 104)
XYZ	xyz(66.4429, 75.6396, 20.5493)
Luminance	0.7564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E559 #5966F2

analogous

#F29959 #F2E559 #B3F259

triadic

#F2E559 #59F2E5 #E559F2

tetradic

#F2E559 #59F299 #5966F2 #F259B3

square

#F2E559 #59F299 #5966F2 #F259B3

split-complementary

#F2E559 #59B3F2 #9959F2

monochromatic

#C1B20F #EEDC20 #F2E559 #F6EE92 #FBF7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F2E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#F2E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E559

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E559	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.158 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faec8e',
    500: '#f2e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e559;
$custom-light: #faec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90707,
    "c": 0.15781,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.75637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E559

secondary

#303CBF

accent

#16E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E559

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

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