#F2E699#F2E699

#F2E699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.098 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E699
RGB	rgb(242, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 36.8%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -6.85, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 39.61, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0177 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.098 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.6657, 77.7727, 41.4200)
Luminance	0.7777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E699 #99A5F2

analogous

#F2B999 #F2E699 #D2F299

triadic

#F2E699 #99F2E6 #E699F2

tetradic

#F2E699 #99F2B9 #99A5F2 #F299D2

square

#F2E699 #99F2B9 #99A5F2 #F299D2

split-complementary

#F2E699 #99D2F2 #B999F2

monochromatic

#E4CB2C #EBD963 #F2E699 #F9F3CF #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F2E699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#F2E699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E699

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E699	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)

#F4E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.098 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7edb8',
    500: '#f2e699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e699;
$custom-light: #f7edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 77.391,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91724,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E699

secondary

#606FD0

accent

#28DA0C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E699

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

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