#F2EC8A#F2EC8A

#F2EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.120 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2EC8A
RGB	rgb(242, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 43%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.00, -11.41, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.00, 49.42, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(92.71% -0.032 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(92.71% 0.12 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.2023, 80.7050, 35.8667)
Luminance	0.8070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2EC8A #8A90F2

analogous

#F2B88A #F2EC8A #C4F28A

triadic

#F2EC8A #8AF2EC #EC8AF2

tetradic

#F2EC8A #8AF2B8 #8A90F2 #F28AC4

square

#F2EC8A #8AF2B8 #8A90F2 #F28AC4

split-complementary

#F2EC8A #8AC4F2 #B88AF2

monochromatic

#E6DA1C #ECE353 #F2EC8A #F8F5C1 #FCFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F2EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#F2EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2EC8A

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2EC8A	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.120 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f2ae',
    500: '#f2ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2ec8a;
$custom-light: #f8f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92706,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2EC8A

secondary

#5259CE

accent

#15DC09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2EC8A

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

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