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#F2EA72 — Light Vivid Yellow

#F2EA72 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #F2EA72 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#F2EA72 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #737BF2; it also sits naturally between #F2AA73 and #BBF273. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F2EA72 · RGB 242, 234, 114

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Color values

HEX#F2EA72
RGB242, 234, 114
HSL56°, 83%, 70%
HSV56°, 53%, 95%
CMYK0%, 3%, 53%, 5%
XYZ69.08, 78.94, 27.52
Yxy78.94, 0.3935, 0.4497
CIE-Lab91.21, -12.55, 58.39
Hunter Lab88.85, -12.14, 40.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 92% · Blue 45%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 53% · Key 5%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #F2EA72 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F2EA72 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F2EA72

.text { color: #F2EA72; }
.background { background-color: #F2EA72; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F2EA72; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 234, 114); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 83%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F2EA72; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 234, 114, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F2EA72; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 234, 114, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F2EA72">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F2EA72">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F2EA72

#EFE552#ECE036#E9DB16#CDC113#ADA210#8C840D#70690A#4F4B07#333005#131202

Tints of #F2EA72

#F3EC81#F4ED8A#F5EF98#F6F1A2#F8F3B0#F9F5BE#FAF6C7#FBF9D5#FCFADE#FDFCEC

Tones of #F2EA72

#E9E27C#E0DA85#D6D28F#CECA97#C5C2A0#BCBAA9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #737BF2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #F2EA72: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F2EA72

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #F2EA72: ·

How #F2EA72 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #EFEE8FDeuteranopia · #EFF096Tritanopia · #F2A6AB

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F2EA72 rather than the exact color:

Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB
Palette A5cf83
#A5CF83 · #F0E76F · #ECB65F · #E89951
Palette E89951
#E89951 · #ECB65F · #F0E76F · #A5CF83
Ruby Voyage
#006199 · #8ACFF8 · #F4EB6C · #FFD444
Palette F6e96b
#F6E96B · #BEDC74 · #A2CA71 · #387F39
Palette Faf2d3
#FAF2D3 · #F4E869 · #3085C3 · #5CD2E6

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#F2ED6F#F0E76F#F4EB6C#F6E96B#F4E869#EBE87A#FBEF76#E8EF72#F3F169#F9F07A#E6EE75#F3DF6A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F2EA71  ·  #F2EA73 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F2EA72?

#F2EA72 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 242, 234, 114). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F2EA72?

#F2EA72 is RGB 242, 234, 114 — HSL 56°, 83%, 70% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 53%, 5%.

What colors go with #F2EA72?

Its complement is #737BF2; analogous partners are #F2AA73 and #BBF273. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F2EA72 for text?

Black text on #F2EA72 has a contrast ratio of 16.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.