#F0E659#F0E659

#F0E659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.159 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E659
RGB	rgb(240, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 62.9%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -13.13, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 68.82, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0418 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.159 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.0376, 75.8425, 20.6097)
Luminance	0.7584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E659 #5963F0

analogous

#F09A59 #F0E659 #AFF059

triadic

#F0E659 #59F0E6 #E659F0

tetradic

#F0E659 #59F09A #5963F0 #F059AF

square

#F0E659 #59F09A #5963F0 #F059AF

split-complementary

#F0E659 #59AFF0 #9A59F0

monochromatic

#BDB211 #EBDE21 #F0E659 #F5EE91 #FAF7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F0E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#F0E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E659

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E659	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.159 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ed8e',
    500: '#f0e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e659;
$custom-light: #f8ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.026,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90743,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E659

secondary

#313BBC

accent

#14E006

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E659

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

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