#F2E65D#F2E65D

#F2E65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.156 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E65D
RGB	rgb(242, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.6%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.98, -12.07, 66.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.98, 67.26, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(90.95% -0.0385 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(90.95% 0.156 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.8930, 76.2636, 21.5505)
Luminance	0.7626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E65D #5D69F2

analogous

#F29B5D #F2E65D #B3F25D

triadic

#F2E65D #5DF2E6 #E65DF2

tetradic

#F2E65D #5DF29B #5D69F2 #F25DB3

square

#F2E65D #5DF29B #5D69F2 #F25DB3

split-complementary

#F2E65D #5DB3F2 #9B5DF2

monochromatic

#C5B610 #EDDD24 #F2E65D #F7EF96 #FBF7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F2E65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#F2E65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E65D

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E65D	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.156 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faed90',
    500: '#f2e65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e65d;
$custom-light: #faed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 85.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90948,
    "c": 0.15569,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E65D

secondary

#313DC2

accent

#16E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E65D

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

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