#F2E997#F2E997

#F2E997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.103 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2E997
RGB	rgb(242, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 37.6%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.41, -8.57, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.41, 41.85, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.3% -0.0228 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(92.3% 0.103 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.3439, 79.3912, 40.8380)
Luminance	0.7939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2E997 #97A0F2

analogous

#F2BC97 #F2E997 #CEF297

triadic

#F2E997 #97F2E9 #E997F2

tetradic

#F2E997 #97F2BC #97A0F2 #F297CE

square

#F2E997 #97F2BC #97A0F2 #F297CE

split-complementary

#F2E997 #97CEF2 #BC97F2

monochromatic

#E4D22A #EBDD61 #F2E997 #F9F5CD #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F2E997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#F2E997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2E997

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2E997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2E997	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2e997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.103 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7efb6',
    500: '#f2e997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2e997;
$custom-light: #f7efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2e997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.066,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92297,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2E997

secondary

#5E69CF

accent

#20DA0B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2E997

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

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