#F2E596#F2E596

#F2E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.100 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E596
RGB	rgb(242, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 38%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -6.68, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 40.67, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0174 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.1 100)
XYZ	xyz(70.1435, 77.1198, 40.0389)
Luminance	0.7712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E596 #96A3F2

analogous

#F2B796 #F2E596 #D1F296

triadic

#F2E596 #96F2E5 #E596F2

tetradic

#F2E596 #96F2B7 #96A3F2 #F296D1

square

#F2E596 #96F2B7 #96A3F2 #F296D1

split-complementary

#F2E596 #96D1F2 #B796F2

monochromatic

#E5CA29 #EBD860 #F2E596 #F9F2CC #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F2E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F2E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E596

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E596	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)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.100 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7edb6',
    500: '#f2e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e596;
$custom-light: #f7edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.522,
    "s": 77.966,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91473,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.77118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E596

secondary

#5D6DCF

accent

#29DA0B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E596

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

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