#F0EB8A#F0EB8A

#F0EB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.119 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0EB8A
RGB	rgb(240, 235, 138)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 42.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -11.70, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 48.95, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(92.34% -0.0327 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(92.34% 0.119 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.2323, 79.7787, 35.7390)
Luminance	0.7978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0EB8A #8A8FF0

analogous

#F0B88A #F0EB8A #C2F08A

triadic

#F0EB8A #8AF0EB #EB8AF0

tetradic

#F0EB8A #8AF0B8 #8A8FF0 #F08AC2

square

#F0EB8A #8AF0B8 #8A8FF0 #F08AC2

split-complementary

#F0EB8A #8AC2F0 #B88AF0

monochromatic

#E2D81E #E9E254 #F0EB8A #F7F4C0 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F0EB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#F0EB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0EB8A

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0EB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0EB8A	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0eb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 235, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.119 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f1ae',
    500: '#f0eb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0eb8a;
$custom-light: #f6f1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0eb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92338,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0EB8A

secondary

#5359CC

accent

#16DA0C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0EB8A

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

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