#F0E172#F0E172

#F0E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E172
RGB	rgb(240, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 52.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -8.88, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 56.17, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.027 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.8997, 73.5929, 26.6499)
Luminance	0.7359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E172 #7281F0

analogous

#F0A272 #F0E172 #C0F072

triadic

#F0E172 #72F0E1 #E172F0

tetradic

#F0E172 #72F0A2 #7281F0 #F072C0

square

#F0E172 #72F0A2 #7281F0 #F072C0

split-complementary

#F0E172 #72C0F0 #A272F0

monochromatic

#D1BB16 #EAD53B #F0E172 #F6EDA9 #FCF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#F0E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#F0E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E172

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E172	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea9d',
    500: '#f0e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e172;
$custom-light: #f7ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89978,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E172

secondary

#3D4EC9

accent

#22DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E172

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

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