#F2E561#F2E561

#F2E561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.152 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E561
RGB	rgb(242, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -11.31, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 65.24, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.78% -0.0359 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(90.78% 0.152 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.7973, 75.7814, 22.4156)
Luminance	0.7578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E561 #616EF2

analogous

#F29D61 #F2E561 #B7F261

triadic

#F2E561 #61F2E5 #E561F2

tetradic

#F2E561 #61F29D #616EF2 #F261B7

square

#F2E561 #61F29D #616EF2 #F261B7

split-complementary

#F2E561 #61B7F2 #9D61F2

monochromatic

#C8B810 #EDDC28 #F2E561 #F7EE9A #FBF8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F2E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#F2E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E561

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E561	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.152 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ec93',
    500: '#f2e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e561;
$custom-light: #f9ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.621,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90781,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E561

secondary

#323FC5

accent

#18E104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E561

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

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