#F2E899#F2E899

#F2E899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.100 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E899
RGB	rgb(242, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 36.8%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -7.85, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 40.44, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0206 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.1 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.2254, 78.8922, 41.6066)
Luminance	0.7889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E899 #99A3F2

analogous

#F2BB99 #F2E899 #D0F299

triadic

#F2E899 #99F2E8 #E899F2

tetradic

#F2E899 #99F2BB #99A3F2 #F299D0

square

#F2E899 #99F2BB #99A3F2 #F299D0

split-complementary

#F2E899 #99D0F2 #BB99F2

monochromatic

#E4D02C #EBDC63 #F2E899 #F9F4CF #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F2E899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#F2E899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E899

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E899	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.100 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7efb8',
    500: '#f2e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e899;
$custom-light: #f7efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 77.391,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92128,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E899

secondary

#606CD0

accent

#23DA0C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E899

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

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