#F0CD56#F0CD56

#F0CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.141 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0CD56
RGB	rgb(240, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 64.2%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -0.72, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 61.96, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0067 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.141 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4491, 62.8630, 17.8047)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0CD56 #5679F0

analogous

#F08056 #F0CD56 #C6F056

triadic

#F0CD56 #56F0CD #CD56F0

tetradic

#F0CD56 #56F080 #5679F0 #F056C6

square

#F0CD56 #56F080 #5679F0 #F056C6

split-complementary

#F0CD56 #56C6F0 #8056F0

monochromatic

#BB9411 #EBBC1E #F0CD56 #F5DE8E #FAEEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#F0CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#F0CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0CD56

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0CD56	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)

#E1CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.141 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9db8b',
    500: '#f0cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0cd56;
$custom-light: #f9db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85648,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0CD56

secondary

#3050BA

accent

#37E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0CD56

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

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