#F0D257#F0D257

#F0D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.144 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0D257
RGB	rgb(240, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 63.7%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -3.21, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 62.98, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0137 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.144 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.7049, 65.3096, 18.4235)
Luminance	0.6531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0D257 #5775F0

analogous

#F08657 #F0D257 #C2F057

triadic

#F0D257 #57F0D2 #D257F0

tetradic

#F0D257 #57F086 #5775F0 #F057C2

square

#F0D257 #57F086 #5775F0 #F057C2

split-complementary

#F0D257 #57C2F0 #8657F0

monochromatic

#BC9A11 #EBC31F #F0D257 #F5E18F #FAF0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#F0D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#F0D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0D257

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0D257	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.144 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8df8b',
    500: '#f0d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0d257;
$custom-light: #f8df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 83.607,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86657,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0D257

secondary

#314CBA

accent

#30E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0D257

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

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