#F2ED8A#F2ED8A

#F2ED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.121 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2ED8A
RGB	rgb(242, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 43%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.26, -11.91, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.26, 49.85, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.91% -0.0334 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(92.91% 0.121 106)
XYZ	xyz(71.4910, 81.2824, 35.9629)
Luminance	0.8128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2ED8A #8A8FF2

analogous

#F2B98A #F2ED8A #C3F28A

triadic

#F2ED8A #8AF2ED #ED8AF2

tetradic

#F2ED8A #8AF2B9 #8A8FF2 #F28AC3

square

#F2ED8A #8AF2B9 #8A8FF2 #F28AC3

split-complementary

#F2ED8A #8AC3F2 #B98AF2

monochromatic

#E6DC1C #ECE553 #F2ED8A #F8F5C1 #FCFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F2ED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#F2ED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2ED8A

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2ED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2ED8A	1.00	1.22	17.26	17.26
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2ed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.121 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f2ae',
    500: '#f2ed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2ed8a;
$custom-light: #f8f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2ed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9291,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.81281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2ED8A

secondary

#5258CE

accent

#13DC09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2ED8A

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

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