#F0EE42#F0EE42

#F0EE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.181 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0EE42
RGB	rgb(240, 238, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 85%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 72.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.72, -18.21, 77.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.72, 80.01, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(92.23% -0.0584 0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(92.23% 0.181 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.4956, 80.0698, 17.0528)
Luminance	0.8007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0EE42 #4244F0

analogous

#F09742 #F0EE42 #9BF042

triadic

#F0EE42 #42F0EE #EE42F0

tetradic

#F0EE42 #42F097 #4244F0 #F0429B

square

#F0EE42 #42F097 #4244F0 #F0429B

split-complementary

#F0EE42 #429BF0 #9742F0

monochromatic

#AAA80E #E3E012 #F0EE42 #F4F37B #F9F8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F0EE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#F0EE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0EE42

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0EE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0EE42	1.00	1.23	17.01	17.01
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ee42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 238, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.181 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9f382',
    500: '#f0ee42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ee42;
$custom-light: #f9f382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ee42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.31,
    "s": 85.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92234,
    "c": 0.18109,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0EE42

secondary

#2B2DAB

accent

#2FFC2C

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0EE42

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

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