#F2E591#F2E591

#F2E591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.106 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E591
RGB	rgb(242, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 40.1%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -7.21, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 43.12, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.0194 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.106 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.7495, 76.9622, 37.9636)
Luminance	0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E591 #919EF2

analogous

#F2B491 #F2E591 #CEF291

triadic

#F2E591 #91F2E5 #E591F2

tetradic

#F2E591 #91F2B4 #919EF2 #F291CE

square

#F2E591 #91F2B4 #919EF2 #F291CE

split-complementary

#F2E591 #91CEF2 #B491F2

monochromatic

#E5CB24 #ECD85A #F2E591 #F8F2C8 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F2E591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#F2E591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E591

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E591	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.106 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8edb2',
    500: '#f2e591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e591;
$custom-light: #f8edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 78.862,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91392,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E591

secondary

#5868CF

accent

#26DB0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E591

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

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