#F0E178#F0E178

#F0E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E178
RGB	rgb(240, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 50%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -8.38, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 53.40, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0249 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.2525, 73.7340, 28.5078)
Luminance	0.7373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E178 #7887F0

analogous

#F0A578 #F0E178 #C3F078

triadic

#F0E178 #78F0E1 #E178F0

tetradic

#F0E178 #78F0A5 #7887F0 #F078C3

square

#F0E178 #78F0A5 #7887F0 #F078C3

split-complementary

#F0E178 #78C3F0 #A578F0

monochromatic

#D6BE18 #EAD541 #F0E178 #F6EDAF #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F0E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#F0E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E178

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E178	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eaa1',
    500: '#f0e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e178;
$custom-light: #f7eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90053,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E178

secondary

#4253CA

accent

#24DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E178

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

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