#F2E957#F2E957

#F2E957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.163 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E957
RGB	rgb(242, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -13.91, 69.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 70.76, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0443 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.163 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.4796, 77.8455, 20.4861)
Luminance	0.7784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E957 #5760F2

analogous

#F29C57 #F2E957 #AEF257

triadic

#F2E957 #57F2E9 #E957F2

tetradic

#F2E957 #57F29C #5760F2 #F257AE

square

#F2E957 #57F29C #5760F2 #F257AE

split-complementary

#F2E957 #57AEF2 #9C57F2

monochromatic

#C0B50F #EEE21E #F2E957 #F6F090 #FBF8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F2E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#F2E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E957

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E957	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.163 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faef8d',
    500: '#f2e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e957;
$custom-light: #faef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.516,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91512,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E957

secondary

#3038BE

accent

#10E203

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E957

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

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