#F2E8A0#F2E8A0

#F2E8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.092 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E8A0
RGB	rgb(242, 232, 160)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 33.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.29, -7.06, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.29, 36.98, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% -0.0179 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.092 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.8206, 79.1303, 44.7412)
Luminance	0.7913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E8A0 #A0AAF2

analogous

#F2BFA0 #F2E8A0 #D3F2A0

triadic

#F2E8A0 #A0F2E8 #E8A0F2

tetradic

#F2E8A0 #A0F2BF #A0AAF2 #F2A0D3

square

#F2E8A0 #A0F2BF #A0AAF2 #F2A0D3

split-complementary

#F2E8A0 #A0D3F2 #BFA0F2

monochromatic

#E3CE34 #EBDB6A #F2E8A0 #F9F5D6 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F2E8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#F2E8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E8A0

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E8A0	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 232, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.092 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7efbc',
    500: '#f2e8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e8a0;
$custom-light: #f7efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92248,
    "c": 0.09177,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E8A0

secondary

#6673D0

accent

#26D80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E8A0

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

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