#F2E8A5#F2E8A5

#F2E8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.086 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E8A5
RGB	rgb(242, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 31.8%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.37, -6.46, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.37, 34.49, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(92.34% -0.0159 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(92.34% 0.086 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.2668, 79.3088, 47.0913)
Luminance	0.7931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E8A5 #A5AFF2

analogous

#F2C2A5 #F2E8A5 #D5F2A5

triadic

#F2E8A5 #A5F2E8 #E8A5F2

tetradic

#F2E8A5 #A5F2C2 #A5AFF2 #F2A5D5

square

#F2E8A5 #A5F2C2 #A5AFF2 #F2A5D5

split-complementary

#F2E8A5 #A5D5F2 #C2A5F2

monochromatic

#E3CD3A #EADA70 #F2E8A5 #FAF6DA #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F2E8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#F2E8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E8A5

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E8A5	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.086 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7efc0',
    500: '#f2e8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e8a5;
$custom-light: #f7efc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92338,
    "c": 0.08596,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E8A5

secondary

#6B78D1

accent

#29D70F

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E8A5

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

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