#F0EE8A#F0EE8A

#F0EE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.123 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0EE8A
RGB	rgb(240, 238, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 42.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.36, -13.18, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.36, 50.25, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(92.95% -0.037 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(92.95% 0.123 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.0984, 81.5109, 36.0277)
Luminance	0.8151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0EE8A #8A8CF0

analogous

#F0BB8A #F0EE8A #BFF08A

triadic

#F0EE8A #8AF0EE #EE8AF0

tetradic

#F0EE8A #8AF0BB #8A8CF0 #F08ABF

square

#F0EE8A #8AF0BB #8A8CF0 #F08ABF

split-complementary

#F0EE8A #8ABFF0 #BB8AF0

monochromatic

#E2DE1E #E9E654 #F0EE8A #F7F6C0 #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F0EE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#F0EE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0EE8A

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0EE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0EE8A	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ee8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 238, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.123 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f3ae',
    500: '#f0ee8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ee8a;
$custom-light: #f6f3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ee8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92953,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.81509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0EE8A

secondary

#5355CC

accent

#10DA0C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0EE8A

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

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