#F2EB51#F2EB51

#F2EB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.169 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2EB51
RGB	rgb(242, 235, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.18, -15.22, 72.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.18, 73.77, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.0487 0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.169 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.8140, 78.8903, 19.4382)
Luminance	0.7889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2EB51 #5158F2

analogous

#F29A51 #F2EB51 #A9F251

triadic

#F2EB51 #51F2EB #EB51F2

tetradic

#F2EB51 #51F29A #5158F2 #F251A9

square

#F2EB51 #51F29A #5158F2 #F251A9

split-complementary

#F2EB51 #51A9F2 #9A51F2

monochromatic

#BBB30E #EEE418 #F2EB51 #F6F28A #FBF8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F2EB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#F2EB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2EB51

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2EB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2EB51	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2eb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 235, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.169 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf18a',
    500: '#f2eb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2eb51;
$custom-light: #faf18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2eb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91877,
    "c": 0.16894,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2EB51

secondary

#2E34B9

accent

#0DE303

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2EB51

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

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