#F0CD5E#F0CD5E
#F0CD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.135 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F0CD5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(240, 205, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 83%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 61%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 60.8%, 5.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.44, -0.21, 58.53) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.44, 58.53, 90.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.73% -0.0043 0.1348) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.73% 0.135 91.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.7896, 62.9992, 19.5983) |
| Luminance | 0.6300 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.66
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 1.98
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.93
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.93
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.35
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F0CD5E #5E81F0
analogous
#F0845E #F0CD5E #CAF05E
triadic
#F0CD5E #5EF0CD #CD5EF0
tetradic
#F0CD5E #5EF084 #5E81F0 #F05ECA
square
#F0CD5E #5EF084 #5E81F0 #F05ECA
split-complementary
#F0CD5E #5ECAF0 #845EF0
monochromatic
#C29712 #EBBC26 #F0CD5E #F5DE96 #FAF0CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#F0CD5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.60
#F0CD5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F0CD5E
13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F0CD5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F0CD5E | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.60 | 13.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CA52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD463
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBEB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f0cd5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 205, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.135 91.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8dc8f',
500: '#f0cd5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f0cd5e; $custom-light: #f8dc8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f0cd5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 240,
"g": 205,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.616,
"s": 82.955,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85728,
"c": 0.13485,
"h": 91.8
},
"luminance": 0.62996
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F0CD5E
secondary
#3354BF
accent
#3ADF06
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F