#F0E55F#F0E55F

#F0E55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.153 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E55F
RGB	rgb(240, 229, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.4%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.58, -12.26, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.58, 66.00, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.59% -0.0387 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(90.59% 0.153 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0224, 75.3924, 21.8987)
Luminance	0.7539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E55F #5F6AF0

analogous

#F09C5F #F0E55F #B3F05F

triadic

#F0E55F #5FF0E5 #E55FF0

tetradic

#F0E55F #5FF09C #5F6AF0 #F05FB3

square

#F0E55F #5FF09C #5F6AF0 #F05FB3

split-complementary

#F0E55F #5FB3F0 #9C5FF0

monochromatic

#C2B512 #EBDC27 #F0E55F #F5EE97 #FAF7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F0E55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#F0E55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E55F

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E55F	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)

#F7DE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 229, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.153 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ec92',
    500: '#f0e55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e55f;
$custom-light: #f8ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.448,
    "s": 82.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90592,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E55F

secondary

#333EC0

accent

#17DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E55F

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

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