#F0E459#F0E459

#F0E459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.157 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E459
RGB	rgb(240, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.9%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -12.14, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 68.10, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.039 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.157 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.4842, 74.7357, 20.4253)
Luminance	0.7473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E459 #5965F0

analogous

#F09959 #F0E459 #B0F059

triadic

#F0E459 #59F0E4 #E459F0

tetradic

#F0E459 #59F099 #5965F0 #F059B0

square

#F0E459 #59F099 #5965F0 #F059B0

split-complementary

#F0E459 #59B0F0 #9959F0

monochromatic

#BDB011 #EBDB21 #F0E459 #F5ED91 #FAF6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F0E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#F0E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E459

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E459	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.157 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ec8e',
    500: '#f0e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e459;
$custom-light: #f8ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.232,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90332,
    "c": 0.15704,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E459

secondary

#313CBC

accent

#17E006

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E459

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

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