#F0E488#F0E488

#F0E488 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E488
RGB	rgb(240, 228, 136)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 43.3%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -8.41, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 46.99, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0235 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.1240, 75.7917, 34.3285)
Luminance	0.7579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E488 #8894F0

analogous

#F0B088 #F0E488 #C8F088

triadic

#F0E488 #88F0E4 #E488F0

tetradic

#F0E488 #88F0B0 #8894F0 #F088C8

square

#F0E488 #88F0B0 #8894F0 #F088C8

split-complementary

#F0E488 #88C8F0 #B088F0

monochromatic

#E1CA1C #E9D852 #F0E488 #F7F0BE #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F0E488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#F0E488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E488

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E488	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 228, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ecac',
    500: '#f0e488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e488;
$custom-light: #f6ecac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 77.612,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90883,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E488

secondary

#515FCB

accent

#23DA0C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E488

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

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