#F0EB42#F0EB42

#F0EB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.178 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0EB42
RGB	rgb(240, 235, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 85%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 72.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -16.75, 77.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 78.97, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0543 0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.178 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.6295, 78.3375, 16.7641)
Luminance	0.7833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0EB42 #4247F0

analogous

#F09442 #F0EB42 #9EF042

triadic

#F0EB42 #42F0EB #EB42F0

tetradic

#F0EB42 #42F094 #4247F0 #F0429E

square

#F0EB42 #42F094 #4247F0 #F0429E

split-complementary

#F0EB42 #429EF0 #9442F0

monochromatic

#AAA60E #E3DD12 #F0EB42 #F4F17B #F9F7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F0EB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#F0EB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0EB42

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0EB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0EB42	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0eb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 235, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.178 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9f182',
    500: '#f0eb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0eb42;
$custom-light: #f9f182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0eb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.276,
    "s": 85.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91609,
    "c": 0.17833,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0EB42

secondary

#2B2FAB

accent

#32FC2C

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0EB42

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

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