#F0EC8A#F0EC8A

#F0EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.120 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0EC8A
RGB	rgb(240, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 42.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.84, -12.19, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.84, 49.38, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(92.54% -0.0342 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(92.54% 0.12 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.5194, 80.3529, 35.8347)
Luminance	0.8035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0EC8A #8A8EF0

analogous

#F0B98A #F0EC8A #C1F08A

triadic

#F0EC8A #8AF0EC #EC8AF0

tetradic

#F0EC8A #8AF0B9 #8A8EF0 #F08AC1

square

#F0EC8A #8AF0B9 #8A8EF0 #F08AC1

split-complementary

#F0EC8A #8AC1F0 #B98AF0

monochromatic

#E2DA1E #E9E354 #F0EC8A #F7F5C0 #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F0EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#F0EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0EC8A

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0EC8A	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.120 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2ae',
    500: '#f0ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ec8a;
$custom-light: #f6f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92543,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0EC8A

secondary

#5357CC

accent

#14DA0C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0EC8A

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

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