#F0E561#F0E561

#F0E561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.152 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E561
RGB	rgb(240, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 83%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -12.13, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 65.16, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0381 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.152 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.1145, 75.4293, 22.3836)
Luminance	0.7543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E561 #616CF0

analogous

#F09D61 #F0E561 #B3F061

triadic

#F0E561 #61F0E5 #E561F0

tetradic

#F0E561 #61F09D #616CF0 #F061B3

square

#F0E561 #61F09D #616CF0 #F061B3

split-complementary

#F0E561 #61B3F0 #9D61F0

monochromatic

#C4B613 #EBDC29 #F0E561 #F5EE99 #FBF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F0E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#F0E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E561

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E561	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.152 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ec93',
    500: '#f0e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e561;
$custom-light: #f8ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 82.659,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90611,
    "c": 0.15174,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E561

secondary

#343FC2

accent

#17DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E561

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

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