#F2E8A4#F2E8A4

#F2E8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.087 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E8A4
RGB	rgb(242, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 32.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.36, -6.58, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.36, 34.99, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(92.32% -0.0163 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(92.32% 0.087 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.1762, 79.2725, 46.6138)
Luminance	0.7927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E8A4 #A4AEF2

analogous

#F2C1A4 #F2E8A4 #D5F2A4

triadic

#F2E8A4 #A4F2E8 #E8A4F2

tetradic

#F2E8A4 #A4F2C1 #A4AEF2 #F2A4D5

square

#F2E8A4 #A4F2C1 #A4AEF2 #F2A4D5

split-complementary

#F2E8A4 #A4D5F2 #C1A4F2

monochromatic

#E3CD39 #EADA6E #F2E8A4 #FAF6DA #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F2E8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#F2E8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E8A4

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E8A4	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E49F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.087 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7efbf',
    500: '#f2e8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e8a4;
$custom-light: #f7efbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9232,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E8A4

secondary

#6A77D0

accent

#28D70E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E8A4

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

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