#F0DD55#F0DD55

#F0DD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.154 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0DD55
RGB	rgb(240, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 64.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -8.89, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 67.29, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0302 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.154 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.4339, 70.8967, 18.9357)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0DD55 #5568F0

analogous

#F08F55 #F0DD55 #B5F055

triadic

#F0DD55 #55F0DD #DD55F0

tetradic

#F0DD55 #55F08F #5568F0 #F055B5

square

#F0DD55 #55F08F #5568F0 #F055B5

split-complementary

#F0DD55 #55B5F0 #8F55F0

monochromatic

#BAA510 #EBD21D #F0DD55 #F5E88D #FAF3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F0DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#F0DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0DD55

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0DD55	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.154 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e78b',
    500: '#f0dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0dd55;
$custom-light: #f8e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.645,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88864,
    "c": 0.15386,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0DD55

secondary

#3041B9

accent

#20E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0DD55

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

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