#F0E462#F0E462

#F0E462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.150 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E462
RGB	rgb(240, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.2%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -11.56, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 64.37, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0364 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.15 104)
XYZ	xyz(65.8855, 74.8963, 22.5388)
Luminance	0.7489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E462 #626EF0

analogous

#F09D62 #F0E462 #B5F062

triadic

#F0E462 #62F0E4 #E462F0

tetradic

#F0E462 #62F09D #626EF0 #F062B5

square

#F0E462 #62F09D #626EF0 #F062B5

split-complementary

#F0E462 #62B5F0 #9D62F0

monochromatic

#C5B613 #EBDA2A #F0E462 #F5EE9A #FBF7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F0E462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#F0E462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E462

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E462	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)

#F6DD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.150 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ec93',
    500: '#f0e462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e462;
$custom-light: #f8ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 82.558,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90416,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.74894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E462

secondary

#3440C2

accent

#19DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E462

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

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