#F2E595#F2E595

#F2E595 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.101 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E595
RGB	rgb(242, 229, 149)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 38.4%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -6.79, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 41.17, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.0178 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.101 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.0633, 77.0878, 39.6166)
Luminance	0.7709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E595 #95A2F2

analogous

#F2B795 #F2E595 #D1F295

triadic

#F2E595 #95F2E5 #E595F2

tetradic

#F2E595 #95F2B7 #95A2F2 #F295D1

square

#F2E595 #95F2B7 #95A2F2 #F295D1

split-complementary

#F2E595 #95D1F2 #B795F2

monochromatic

#E5CA28 #EBD85E #F2E595 #F9F2CC #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F2E595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F2E595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E595

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E595	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 229, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.101 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7edb5',
    500: '#f2e595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e595;
$custom-light: #f7edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 78.151,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91456,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E595

secondary

#5C6CCF

accent

#28DA0B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E595

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

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