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#f2e451

a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold

RGB
242, 228, 81
HSL
55°, 86%, 63%
CMYK
0, 6, 67, 5
Luminance
0.7496

Every format

HEX#f2e451
RGBrgb(242, 228, 81)
HSLhsl(55, 86%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 67%, 5%)
LABlab(89.4 -11.8 70.3)
LCHlch(89.4 71.3 99.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.904 0.163 103.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #f2e451;
background-color: #f2e451;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f2e451] bg-[#f2e451]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f2e451;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.949, green: 0.894, blue: 0.318)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#f2e451")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f2e451 on white: 1.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f2e451 on black: 15.99:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red94.9%
Green89.4%
Blue31.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta5.8%
Yellow66.5%
Key (black)5.1%

Color previews

#f2e451 text on a black background

contrast 15.99:1

Card sample

#f2e451 text on a white background

contrast 1.31:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f2e451;
Background color
Panel with #f2e451 background
background-color: #f2e451;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f2e451;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(242, 228, 81, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(242, 228, 81, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f2e451;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f2e451, #95F251);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f2e451

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #f2e451 in the Color Lab