#F0E479#F0E479

#F0E479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.129 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E479
RGB	rgb(240, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 49.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -9.80, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 54.09, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.68% -0.0289 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(90.68% 0.129 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.1316, 75.3947, 29.1018)
Luminance	0.7539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E479 #7985F0

analogous

#F0A879 #F0E479 #C0F079

triadic

#F0E479 #79F0E4 #E479F0

tetradic

#F0E479 #79F0A8 #7985F0 #F079C0

square

#F0E479 #79F0A8 #7985F0 #F079C0

split-complementary

#F0E479 #79C0F0 #A879F0

monochromatic

#D7C318 #EAD942 #F0E479 #F6EFB0 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F0E479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#F0E479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E479

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E479	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.129 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eca2',
    500: '#f0e479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e479;
$custom-light: #f7eca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90676,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E479

secondary

#4351CA

accent

#1FDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E479

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

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