#F0ED42#F0ED42

#F0ED42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.180 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0ED42
RGB	rgb(240, 237, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 85%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 72.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -17.73, 77.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 79.66, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.057 0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.18 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.2053, 79.4892, 16.9560)
Luminance	0.7949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0ED42 #4245F0

analogous

#F09642 #F0ED42 #9CF042

triadic

#F0ED42 #42F0ED #ED42F0

tetradic

#F0ED42 #42F096 #4245F0 #F0429C

square

#F0ED42 #42F096 #4245F0 #F0429C

split-complementary

#F0ED42 #429CF0 #9642F0

monochromatic

#AAA70E #E3DF12 #F0ED42 #F4F27B #F9F8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F0ED42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#F0ED42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0ED42

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0ED42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0ED42	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ed42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 237, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.180 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9f282',
    500: '#f0ed42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ed42;
$custom-light: #f9f282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ed42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 85.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92025,
    "c": 0.18017,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0ED42

secondary

#2B2DAB

accent

#30FC2C

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0ED42

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

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