#F2EC5E#F2EC5E

#F2EC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.161 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2EC5E
RGB	rgb(242, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 61.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.54, -14.95, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.54, 69.07, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.19% -0.0466 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(92.19% 0.161 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.6361, 79.6785, 22.3515)
Luminance	0.7968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2EC5E #5E64F2

analogous

#F2A25E #F2EC5E #AEF25E

triadic

#F2EC5E #5EF2EC #EC5EF2

tetradic

#F2EC5E #5EF2A2 #5E64F2 #F25EAE

square

#F2EC5E #5EF2A2 #5E64F2 #F25EAE

split-complementary

#F2EC5E #5EAEF2 #A25EF2

monochromatic

#C6BE10 #EDE525 #F2EC5E #F7F397 #FBF9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F2EC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#F2EC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2EC5E

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2EC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2EC5E	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2ec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.161 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9f191',
    500: '#f2ec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2ec5e;
$custom-light: #f9f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2ec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 85.057,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92192,
    "c": 0.16057,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2EC5E

secondary

#3137C3

accent

#0DE204

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2EC5E

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

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