#F0EC5E#F0EC5E

#F0EC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.161 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0EC5E
RGB	rgb(240, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.8%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.38, -15.76, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.38, 69.04, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0487 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.161 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.9532, 79.3264, 22.3195)
Luminance	0.7932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0EC5E #5E62F0

analogous

#F0A35E #F0EC5E #ABF05E

triadic

#F0EC5E #5EF0EC #EC5EF0

tetradic

#F0EC5E #5EF0A3 #5E62F0 #F05EAB

square

#F0EC5E #5EF0A3 #5E62F0 #F05EAB

split-complementary

#F0EC5E #5EABF0 #A35EF0

monochromatic

#C2BD12 #EBE526 #F0EC5E #F5F396 #FAF9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F0EC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#F0EC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0EC5E

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0EC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0EC5E	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.161 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f191',
    500: '#f0ec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ec5e;
$custom-light: #f8f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.356,
    "s": 82.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92027,
    "c": 0.16083,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0EC5E

secondary

#3337BF

accent

#0CDF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0EC5E

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

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