#F2E798#F2E798

#F2E798 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.100 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E798
RGB	rgb(242, 231, 152)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 37.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.92, -7.46, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.92, 40.51, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0196 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.1 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.8625, 78.2979, 41.0798)
Luminance	0.7830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E798 #98A3F2

analogous

#F2BA98 #F2E798 #D0F298

triadic

#F2E798 #98F2E7 #E798F2

tetradic

#F2E798 #98F2BA #98A3F2 #F298D0

square

#F2E798 #98F2BA #98A3F2 #F298D0

split-complementary

#F2E798 #98D0F2 #BA98F2

monochromatic

#E4CE2B #EBDA62 #F2E798 #F9F4CE #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F2E798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#F2E798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E798

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E798	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 231, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.100 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eeb7',
    500: '#f2e798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e798;
$custom-light: #f7eeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 77.586,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91909,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E798

secondary

#5F6CD0

accent

#25DA0C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E798

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

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