#F0E55E#F0E55E

#F0E55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.154 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E55E
RGB	rgb(240, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.8%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.57, -12.32, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.57, 66.41, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.039 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.154 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9772, 75.3744, 21.6608)
Luminance	0.7537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E55E #5E69F0

analogous

#F09C5E #F0E55E #B2F05E

triadic

#F0E55E #5EF0E5 #E55EF0

tetradic

#F0E55E #5EF09C #5E69F0 #F05EB2

square

#F0E55E #5EF09C #5E69F0 #F05EB2

split-complementary

#F0E55E #5EB2F0 #9C5EF0

monochromatic

#C2B412 #EBDC26 #F0E55E #F5EE96 #FAF7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F0E55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#F0E55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E55E

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E55E	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.154 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ec91',
    500: '#f0e55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e55e;
$custom-light: #f8ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.479,
    "s": 82.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90583,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E55E

secondary

#333DBF

accent

#16DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E55E

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

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