#F2E698#F2E698

#F2E698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.099 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E698
RGB	rgb(242, 230, 152)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 37.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -6.96, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 40.10, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0181 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.099 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.5834, 77.7398, 40.9868)
Luminance	0.7774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E698 #98A4F2

analogous

#F2B998 #F2E698 #D1F298

triadic

#F2E698 #98F2E6 #E698F2

tetradic

#F2E698 #98F2B9 #98A4F2 #F298D1

square

#F2E698 #98F2B9 #98A4F2 #F298D1

split-complementary

#F2E698 #98D1F2 #B998F2

monochromatic

#E4CC2B #EBD962 #F2E698 #F9F3CE #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F2E698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#F2E698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E698

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E698	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 230, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.099 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7edb7',
    500: '#f2e698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e698;
$custom-light: #f7edb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 77.586,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91707,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E698

secondary

#5F6ED0

accent

#27DA0C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E698

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

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