#F0CD55#F0CD55

#F0CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.142 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0CD55
RGB	rgb(240, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 64.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -0.78, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 62.38, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% -0.007 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.142 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4091, 62.8470, 17.5940)
Luminance	0.6284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0CD55 #5578F0

analogous

#F07F55 #F0CD55 #C5F055

triadic

#F0CD55 #55F0CD #CD55F0

tetradic

#F0CD55 #55F07F #5578F0 #F055C5

square

#F0CD55 #55F07F #5578F0 #F055C5

split-complementary

#F0CD55 #55C5F0 #7F55F0

monochromatic

#BA9410 #EBBC1D #F0CD55 #F5DE8D #FAEEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#F0CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#F0CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0CD55

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0CD55	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.142 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9db8a',
    500: '#f0cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0cd55;
$custom-light: #f9db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85639,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0CD55

secondary

#304FB9

accent

#37E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0CD55

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

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