#F0E859#F0E859

#F0E859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.161 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0E859
RGB	rgb(240, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 62.9%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -14.11, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 69.55, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0446 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.161 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.5973, 76.9620, 20.7963)
Luminance	0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0E859 #5961F0

analogous

#F09D59 #F0E859 #ADF059

triadic

#F0E859 #59F0E8 #E859F0

tetradic

#F0E859 #59F09D #5961F0 #F059AD

square

#F0E859 #59F09D #5961F0 #F059AD

split-complementary

#F0E859 #59ADF0 #9D59F0

monochromatic

#BDB411 #EBE021 #F0E859 #F5F091 #FAF8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F0E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#F0E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0E859

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0E859	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.161 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ef8e',
    500: '#f0e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0e859;
$custom-light: #f8ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.821,
    "s": 83.425,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91155,
    "c": 0.16074,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0E859

secondary

#3139BC

accent

#11E006

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0E859

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

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