#F2E659#F2E659

#F2E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.159 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E659
RGB	rgb(242, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -12.31, 67.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 68.89, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.0396 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.159 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.7204, 76.1946, 20.6418)
Luminance	0.7619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E659 #5965F2

analogous

#F29959 #F2E659 #B2F259

triadic

#F2E659 #59F2E6 #E659F2

tetradic

#F2E659 #59F299 #5965F2 #F259B2

square

#F2E659 #59F299 #5965F2 #F259B2

split-complementary

#F2E659 #59B2F2 #9959F2

monochromatic

#C1B30F #EEDD20 #F2E659 #F6EF92 #FBF7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F2E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#F2E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E659

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E659	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.159 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faed8e',
    500: '#f2e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e659;
$custom-light: #faed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90913,
    "c": 0.15871,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E659

secondary

#303BBF

accent

#15E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E659

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

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