#F2E797#F2E797

#F2E797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.101 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E797
RGB	rgb(242, 231, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 37.6%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -7.57, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 41.01, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.02 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.101 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.7809, 78.2653, 40.6503)
Luminance	0.7826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E797 #97A2F2

analogous

#F2BA97 #F2E797 #D0F297

triadic

#F2E797 #97F2E7 #E797F2

tetradic

#F2E797 #97F2BA #97A2F2 #F297D0

square

#F2E797 #97F2BA #97A2F2 #F297D0

split-complementary

#F2E797 #97D0F2 #BA97F2

monochromatic

#E4CE2A #EBDA61 #F2E797 #F9F4CD #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F2E797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#F2E797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E797

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E797	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)

#F5E291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 231, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.101 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eeb6',
    500: '#f2e797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e797;
$custom-light: #f7eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91892,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E797

secondary

#5E6CCF

accent

#24DA0B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E797

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

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