#F2E796#F2E796

#F2E796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E796
RGB	rgb(242, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 38%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -7.68, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 41.50, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0203 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.102 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.7001, 78.2330, 40.2244)
Luminance	0.7823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E796 #96A1F2

analogous

#F2B996 #F2E796 #CFF296

triadic

#F2E796 #96F2E7 #E796F2

tetradic

#F2E796 #96F2B9 #96A1F2 #F296CF

square

#F2E796 #96F2B9 #96A1F2 #F296CF

split-complementary

#F2E796 #96CFF2 #B996F2

monochromatic

#E5CE29 #EBDB60 #F2E796 #F9F3CC #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F2E796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#F2E796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E796

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E796	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eeb6',
    500: '#f2e796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e796;
$custom-light: #f7eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 77.966,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91876,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E796

secondary

#5D6BCF

accent

#24DA0B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E796

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

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