#F0E156#F0E156

#F0E156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.157 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E156
RGB	rgb(240, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 64.2%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -10.83, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 68.25, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0356 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.157 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.5426, 73.0501, 19.5026)
Luminance	0.7305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E156 #5665F0

analogous

#F09456 #F0E156 #B2F056

triadic

#F0E156 #56F0E1 #E156F0

tetradic

#F0E156 #56F094 #5665F0 #F056B2

square

#F0E156 #56F094 #5665F0 #F056B2

split-complementary

#F0E156 #56B2F0 #9456F0

monochromatic

#BBAA11 #EBD71E #F0E156 #F5EB8E #FAF5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F0E156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#F0E156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E156

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E156	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.157 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ea8c',
    500: '#f0e156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e156;
$custom-light: #f8ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.156,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8969,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E156

secondary

#303EBA

accent

#1BE005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E156

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

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