#F2E979#F2E979

#F2E979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.134 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E979
RGB	rgb(242, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 50%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.02, -11.49, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.02, 56.15, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0338 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.134 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.2099, 78.5376, 29.5990)
Luminance	0.7854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E979 #7982F2

analogous

#F2AC79 #F2E979 #BEF279

triadic

#F2E979 #79F2E9 #E979F2

tetradic

#F2E979 #79F2AC #7982F2 #F279BE

square

#F2E979 #79F2AC #7982F2 #F279BE

split-complementary

#F2E979 #79BEF2 #AC79F2

monochromatic

#DBCD15 #EDE041 #F2E979 #F7F2B1 #FCFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F2E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#F2E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E979

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E979	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.134 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efa2',
    500: '#f2e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e979;
$custom-light: #f8efa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 82.313,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91865,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E979

secondary

#434DCC

accent

#17DF07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E979

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

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