#F0E261#F0E261

#F0E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.149 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E261
RGB	rgb(240, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 59.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -10.64, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 64.06, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0339 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.149 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2916, 73.7835, 22.1093)
Luminance	0.7378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E261 #616FF0

analogous

#F09A61 #F0E261 #B6F061

triadic

#F0E261 #61F0E2 #E261F0

tetradic

#F0E261 #61F09A #616FF0 #F061B6

square

#F0E261 #61F09A #616FF0 #F061B6

split-complementary

#F0E261 #61B6F0 #9A61F0

monochromatic

#C4B313 #EBD829 #F0E261 #F5EC99 #FBF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F0E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#F0E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E261

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E261	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.149 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ea93',
    500: '#f0e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e261;
$custom-light: #f8ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 82.659,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89996,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E261

secondary

#3442C2

accent

#1CDF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E261

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

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