#F2E579#F2E579

#F2E579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E579
RGB	rgb(242, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 50%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.00, -9.50, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.00, 54.58, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0281 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.0904, 76.2986, 29.2258)
Luminance	0.7630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E579 #7986F2

analogous

#F2A879 #F2E579 #C2F279

triadic

#F2E579 #79F2E5 #E579F2

tetradic

#F2E579 #79F2A8 #7986F2 #F279C2

square

#F2E579 #79F2A8 #7986F2 #F279C2

split-complementary

#F2E579 #79C2F2 #A879F2

monochromatic

#DBC615 #EDDA41 #F2E579 #F7F0B1 #FCFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F2E579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#F2E579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E579

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E579	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8eda2',
    500: '#f2e579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e579;
$custom-light: #f8eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91049,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E579

secondary

#4352CC

accent

#1EDF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E579

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

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