#F0DE5F#F0DE5F

#F0DE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.147 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0DE5F
RGB	rgb(240, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 60.4%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -8.77, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 63.49, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0288 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.147 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.1245, 71.5966, 21.2660)
Luminance	0.7159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0DE5F #5F71F0

analogous

#F0955F #F0DE5F #B9F05F

triadic

#F0DE5F #5FF0DE #DE5FF0

tetradic

#F0DE5F #5FF095 #5F71F0 #F05FB9

square

#F0DE5F #5FF095 #5F71F0 #F05FB9

split-complementary

#F0DE5F #5FB9F0 #955FF0

monochromatic

#C2AD12 #EBD227 #F0DE5F #F5EA97 #FAF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F0DE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#F0DE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0DE5F

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0DE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0DE5F	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0de5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.147 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e891',
    500: '#f0de5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0de5f;
$custom-light: #f8e891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0de5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 82.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8916,
    "c": 0.14703,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0DE5F

secondary

#3345C0

accent

#21DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0DE5F

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

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