#F0E461#F0E461

#F0E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.151 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E461
RGB	rgb(240, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -11.63, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 64.79, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0367 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.151 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.8386, 74.8775, 22.2917)
Luminance	0.7488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E461 #616DF0

analogous

#F09C61 #F0E461 #B4F061

triadic

#F0E461 #61F0E4 #E461F0

tetradic

#F0E461 #61F09C #616DF0 #F061B4

square

#F0E461 #61F09C #616DF0 #F061B4

split-complementary

#F0E461 #61B4F0 #9C61F0

monochromatic

#C4B513 #EBDA29 #F0E461 #F5EE99 #FBF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F0E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#F0E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E461

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E461	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.151 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ec93',
    500: '#f0e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e461;
$custom-light: #f8ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 82.659,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90406,
    "c": 0.1508,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E461

secondary

#3440C2

accent

#19DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E461

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

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