#F0EF8A#F0EF8A

#F0EF8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.821; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.124 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0EF8A
RGB	rgb(240, 239, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 42.5%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.62, -13.67, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.62, 50.69, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(93.16% -0.0384 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(93.16% 0.124 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.3904, 82.0948, 36.1250)
Luminance	0.8209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0EF8A #8A8BF0

analogous

#F0BC8A #F0EF8A #BEF08A

triadic

#F0EF8A #8AF0EF #EF8AF0

tetradic

#F0EF8A #8AF0BC #8A8BF0 #F08ABE

square

#F0EF8A #8AF0BC #8A8BF0 #F08ABE

split-complementary

#F0EF8A #8ABEF0 #BC8AF0

monochromatic

#E2E01E #E9E854 #F0EF8A #F7F6C0 #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F0EF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.42

#F0EF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0EF8A

17.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0EF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0EF8A	1.00	1.21	17.42	17.42
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ef8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 239, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.124 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f4ae',
    500: '#f0ef8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ef8a;
$custom-light: #f6f4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ef8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.412,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93158,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0EF8A

secondary

#5354CC

accent

#0EDA0C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0EF8A

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

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