#F0E579#F0E579

#F0E579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.130 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E579
RGB	rgb(240, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 49.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -10.29, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 54.49, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0303 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.13 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.4075, 75.9465, 29.1938)
Luminance	0.7594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E579 #7984F0

analogous

#F0A979 #F0E579 #BFF079

triadic

#F0E579 #79F0E5 #E579F0

tetradic

#F0E579 #79F0A9 #7984F0 #F079BF

square

#F0E579 #79F0A9 #7984F0 #F079BF

split-complementary

#F0E579 #79BFF0 #A979F0

monochromatic

#D7C518 #EADA42 #F0E579 #F6F0B0 #FCFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F0E579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#F0E579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E579

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E579	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.130 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7eda2',
    500: '#f0e579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e579;
$custom-light: #f7eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9088,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E579

secondary

#4350CA

accent

#1DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E579

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

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