#F2E697#F2E697

#F2E697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.100 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E697
RGB	rgb(242, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 37.6%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -7.07, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 40.59, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0185 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.1 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.5019, 77.7072, 40.5573)
Luminance	0.7771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E697 #97A3F2

analogous

#F2B997 #F2E697 #D1F297

triadic

#F2E697 #97F2E6 #E697F2

tetradic

#F2E697 #97F2B9 #97A3F2 #F297D1

square

#F2E697 #97F2B9 #97A3F2 #F297D1

split-complementary

#F2E697 #97D1F2 #B997F2

monochromatic

#E4CC2A #EBD961 #F2E697 #F9F3CD #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F2E697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#F2E697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E697

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E697	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.100 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7edb6',
    500: '#f2e697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e697;
$custom-light: #f7edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91691,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E697

secondary

#5E6DCF

accent

#27DA0B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E697

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

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