#F2E896#F2E896

#F2E896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.103 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E896
RGB	rgb(242, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 38%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -8.18, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 41.91, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(92.08% -0.0218 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(92.08% 0.103 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.9808, 78.7943, 40.3180)
Luminance	0.7879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E896 #96A0F2

analogous

#F2BA96 #F2E896 #CEF296

triadic

#F2E896 #96F2E8 #E896F2

tetradic

#F2E896 #96F2BA #96A0F2 #F296CE

square

#F2E896 #96F2BA #96A0F2 #F296CE

split-complementary

#F2E896 #96CEF2 #BA96F2

monochromatic

#E5D029 #EBDC60 #F2E896 #F9F4CC #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F2E896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#F2E896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E896

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E896	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.103 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7efb6',
    500: '#f2e896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e896;
$custom-light: #f7efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 77.966,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92078,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E896

secondary

#5D69CF

accent

#22DA0B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E896

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

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