#F0EE5E#F0EE5E

#F0EE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.163 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0EE5E
RGB	rgb(240, 238, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 83%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 60.8%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.90, -16.74, 67.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.90, 69.81, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0515 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.163 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.5323, 80.4845, 22.5125)
Luminance	0.8048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0EE5E #5E60F0

analogous

#F0A55E #F0EE5E #A9F05E

triadic

#F0EE5E #5EF0EE #EE5EF0

tetradic

#F0EE5E #5EF0A5 #5E60F0 #F05EA9

square

#F0EE5E #5EF0A5 #5E60F0 #F05EA9

split-complementary

#F0EE5E #5EA9F0 #A55EF0

monochromatic

#C2BF12 #EBE826 #F0EE5E #F5F496 #FAFACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F0EE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#F0EE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0EE5E

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0EE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0EE5E	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ee5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 238, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.163 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f392',
    500: '#f0ee5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ee5e;
$custom-light: #f8f392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ee5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 82.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92441,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0EE5E

secondary

#3335BF

accent

#09DF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0EE5E

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

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