#F0DE55#F0DE55

#F0DE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.155 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0DE55
RGB	rgb(240, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 64.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -9.39, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 67.63, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0316 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.155 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.6987, 71.4263, 19.0239)
Luminance	0.7142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0DE55 #5567F0

analogous

#F09055 #F0DE55 #B4F055

triadic

#F0DE55 #55F0DE #DE55F0

tetradic

#F0DE55 #55F090 #5567F0 #F055B4

square

#F0DE55 #55F090 #5567F0 #F055B4

split-complementary

#F0DE55 #55B4F0 #9055F0

monochromatic

#BAA610 #EBD31D #F0DE55 #F5E98D #FAF4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F0DE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#F0DE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0DE55

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0DE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0DE55	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0de55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.155 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e88b',
    500: '#f0de55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0de55;
$custom-light: #f8e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0de55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 83.784,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89068,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0DE55

secondary

#3040B9

accent

#1FE005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0DE55

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

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