Khaki (CSS)#F0E68C

#F0E68C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.112 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Khaki (CSS) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#F0E68C
RGB	rgb(240, 230, 140)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 41.7%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.33, -9.01, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.33, 45.87, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0248 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.112 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.9670, 77.0143, 36.0381)
Luminance	0.7701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E68C #8C96F0

analogous

#F0B48C #F0E68C #C8F08C

triadic

#F0E68C #8CF0E6 #E68CF0

tetradic

#F0E68C #8CF0B4 #8C96F0 #F08CC8

square

#F0E68C #8CF0B4 #8C96F0 #F08CC8

split-complementary

#F0E68C #8CC8F0 #B48CF0

monochromatic

#E2CE20 #E9DA56 #F0E68C #F7F2C2 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F0E68C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#F0E68C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E68C

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E68C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E68C	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e68c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 230, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.112 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6edaf',
    500: '#f0e68c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e68c;
$custom-light: #f6edaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e68c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 76.923,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91349,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E68C

secondary

#5460CC

accent

#21D90C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E68C

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

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