#F0EE5C#F0EE5C

#F0EE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.164 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0EE5C
RGB	rgb(240, 238, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 61.7%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.89, -16.86, 68.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.89, 70.61, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.42% -0.0521 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(92.42% 0.164 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.4437, 80.4490, 22.0460)
Luminance	0.8045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0EE5C #5C5EF0

analogous

#F0A45C #F0EE5C #A8F05C

triadic

#F0EE5C #5CF0EE #EE5CF0

tetradic

#F0EE5C #5CF0A4 #5C5EF0 #F05CA8

square

#F0EE5C #5CF0A4 #5C5EF0 #F05CA8

split-complementary

#F0EE5C #5CA8F0 #A45CF0

monochromatic

#C0BE12 #EBE824 #F0EE5C #F5F494 #FAFACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F0EE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.09

#F0EE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0EE5C

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0EE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0EE5C	1.00	1.23	17.09	17.09
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ee5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 238, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.164 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f390',
    500: '#f0ee5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ee5c;
$custom-light: #f8f390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ee5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 83.146,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92424,
    "c": 0.16431,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0EE5C

secondary

#3234BE

accent

#09E006

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0EE5C

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

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