#F0DE8A#F0DE8A

#F0DE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.106 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0DE8A
RGB	rgb(240, 222, 138)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 42.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -5.19, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 43.66, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.014 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.106 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.6455, 72.6050, 34.5434)
Luminance	0.7260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0DE8A #8A9CF0

analogous

#F0AB8A #F0DE8A #CFF08A

triadic

#F0DE8A #8AF0DE #DE8AF0

tetradic

#F0DE8A #8AF0AB #8A9CF0 #F08ACF

square

#F0DE8A #8AF0AB #8A9CF0 #F08ACF

split-complementary

#F0DE8A #8ACFF0 #AB8AF0

monochromatic

#E2BF1E #E9CF54 #F0DE8A #F7EDC0 #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F0DE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#F0DE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0DE8A

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0DE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0DE8A	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDA83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E08D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0de8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 222, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.106 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e8ad',
    500: '#f0de8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0de8a;
$custom-light: #f6e8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0de8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89701,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0DE8A

secondary

#5368CC

accent

#30DA0C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0DE8A

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

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