#F2EC8D#F2EC8D

#F2EC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.117 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2EC8D
RGB	rgb(242, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 41.7%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.04, -11.12, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.04, 47.98, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(92.75% -0.0309 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(92.75% 0.117 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.4225, 80.7930, 37.0264)
Luminance	0.8079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2EC8D #8D93F2

analogous

#F2BA8D #F2EC8D #C5F28D

triadic

#F2EC8D #8DF2EC #EC8DF2

tetradic

#F2EC8D #8DF2BA #8D93F2 #F28DC5

square

#F2EC8D #8DF2BA #8D93F2 #F28DC5

split-complementary

#F2EC8D #8DC5F2 #BA8DF2

monochromatic

#E5DA1F #ECE356 #F2EC8D #F8F5C4 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F2EC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#F2EC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2EC8D

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2EC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2EC8D	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2ec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.117 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f2b0',
    500: '#f2ec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2ec8d;
$custom-light: #f8f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2ec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 79.528,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9275,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2EC8D

secondary

#555CCF

accent

#16DC0A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2EC8D

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

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