#F2E759#F2E759

#F2E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.160 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E759
RGB	rgb(242, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -12.80, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 69.25, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.041 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.16 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9995, 76.7527, 20.7348)
Luminance	0.7675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E759 #5964F2

analogous

#F29A59 #F2E759 #B1F259

triadic

#F2E759 #59F2E7 #E759F2

tetradic

#F2E759 #59F29A #5964F2 #F259B1

square

#F2E759 #59F29A #5964F2 #F259B1

split-complementary

#F2E759 #59B1F2 #9A59F2

monochromatic

#C1B50F #EEDF20 #F2E759 #F6EF92 #FBF7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F2E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#F2E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E759

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E759	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.160 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faee8e',
    500: '#f2e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e759;
$custom-light: #faee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.686,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91118,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E759

secondary

#303ABF

accent

#14E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E759

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

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