#F0E69E#F0E69E

#F0E69E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.092 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E69E
RGB	rgb(240, 230, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 34.2%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.59, -7.05, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.59, 37.03, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0179 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.092 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.4044, 77.5892, 43.6086)
Luminance	0.7759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E69E #9EA8F0

analogous

#F0BD9E #F0E69E #D1F09E

triadic

#F0E69E #9EF0E6 #E69EF0

tetradic

#F0E69E #9EF0BD #9EA8F0 #F09ED1

square

#F0E69E #9EF0BD #9EA8F0 #F09ED1

split-complementary

#F0E69E #9ED1F0 #BD9EF0

monochromatic

#E0CB34 #E8D869 #F0E69E #F8F4D3 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F0E69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#F0E69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E69E

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E69E	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 230, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.092 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6edbb',
    500: '#f0e69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e69e;
$custom-light: #f6edbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 73.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91644,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E69E

secondary

#6572CD

accent

#28D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E69E

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

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