#F0E489#F0E489

#F0E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.113 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E489
RGB	rgb(240, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 42.9%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -8.31, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 46.50, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0231 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.113 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.1954, 75.8202, 34.7045)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E489 #8995F0

analogous

#F0B189 #F0E489 #C9F089

triadic

#F0E489 #89F0E4 #E489F0

tetradic

#F0E489 #89F0B1 #8995F0 #F089C9

square

#F0E489 #89F0B1 #8995F0 #F089C9

split-complementary

#F0E489 #89C9F0 #B189F0

monochromatic

#E2CB1D #E9D853 #F0E489 #F7F0BF #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F0E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#F0E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E489

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E489	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)

#F3DF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.113 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ecad',
    500: '#f0e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e489;
$custom-light: #f6ecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 77.444,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90898,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E489

secondary

#5260CC

accent

#24DA0C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E489

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

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