#F0E596#F0E596

#F0E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.100 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E596
RGB	rgb(240, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 37.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -7.45, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 40.57, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0196 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.1 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.4606, 76.7677, 40.0069)
Luminance	0.7677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E596 #96A1F0

analogous

#F0B896 #F0E596 #CEF096

triadic

#F0E596 #96F0E5 #E596F0

tetradic

#F0E596 #96F0B8 #96A1F0 #F096CE

square

#F0E596 #96F0B8 #96A1F0 #F096CE

split-complementary

#F0E596 #96CEF0 #B896F0

monochromatic

#E1CA2B #E8D860 #F0E596 #F8F2CC #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F0E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#F0E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E596

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E596	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.100 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6edb6',
    500: '#f0e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e596;
$custom-light: #f6edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91305,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E596

secondary

#5E6BCD

accent

#27D70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E596

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

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