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#f0f6ba

a light, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Drift Honey

RGB
240, 246, 186
HSL
66°, 77%, 85%
CMYK
2, 0, 24, 4
Luminance
0.8798

#f0f6ba is a light electric yellow, 66° on the wheel and 30/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.60:1). As text it scores 1.13:1 on white — use #727D10 instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(66 77% 85%)rgb(240 246 186)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f0f6ba is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f0f6ba
Hue
66°
yellow
Saturation
77%
electric
Lightness
85%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8798
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
30/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.60:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
30.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.954
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 20.9
Web-safe
#FFFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue66° of 360°
Saturation77%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f0f6ba.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool30% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green75%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#f0f6ba
HEX (8-digit)#f0f6baff
RGBrgb(240, 246, 186)
RGBArgba(240, 246, 186, 1)
HSLhsl(66, 77%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66, 24%, 96%)
HWBhwb(66 73% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 0%, 24%, 4%)
LABlab(95.2 -11.5 28.3)
LCHlch(95.2 30.5 112.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.954 0.077 112.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(77.75, 87.98, 59.33)
Decimal15791802
Display P3color(display-p3 0.941 0.965 0.729)
Web-safe#FFFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f0f6ba;
background-color: #f0f6ba;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f0f6ba;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f0f6ba] bg-[#f0f6ba]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f0f6ba;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.941, green: 0.965, blue: 0.729)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.941, green: 0.965, blue: 0.729, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F0F6BA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF0F6BA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF0F6BA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(186, 246, 240)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(240, 246, 186)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(240, 246, 186)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 246, 186)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9412f, 0.9647f, 0.7294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{240,246,186}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f0f6ba 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f0f6ba 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#67710F, #EBEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f0f6ba h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBFCF3;
  --brand-100: #F7F9E7;
  --brand-200: #f0f6ba;
  --brand-300: #E9F29C;
  --brand-400: #DFEC6A;
  --brand-500: #D4E539;
  --brand-600: #C6D91C;
  --brand-700: #A5B418;
  --brand-800: #849013;
  --brand-900: #606812;
  --brand-950: #3C410B;
  --brand: #f0f6ba;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E8EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #E9F29A;
  --brand-pressed: #E2EE7B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232414;
    --brand-ink: #EBEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBFCF3',
        100: '#F7F9E7',
        200: '#f0f6ba',
        300: '#E9F29C',
        400: '#DFEC6A',
        500: '#D4E539',
        600: '#C6D91C',
        700: '#A5B418',
        800: '#849013',
        900: '#606812',
        950: '#3C410B',
        DEFAULT: '#f0f6ba',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBFCF3,
  '100': #F7F9E7,
  '200': #f0f6ba,
  '300': #E9F29C,
  '400': #DFEC6A,
  '500': #D4E539,
  '600': #C6D91C,
  '700': #A5B418,
  '800': #849013,
  '900': #606812,
  '950': #3C410B,
);
$brand-base: #f0f6ba;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBFCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7F9E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f0f6ba", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E9F29C", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DFEC6A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D4E539", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C6D91C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A5B418", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#849013", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#606812", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C410B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #f0f6ba · 18.60:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.13:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.60:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f0f6ba as text scores 1.13:1 on white and 18.60:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #67710F at 4.71:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#727D10 · 4.51:1
AA on white−57% L
#727D10
The quick fox
#555D0C · 7.10:1
AAA on white−64% L
#555D0C
The quick fox
#f0f6ba · 18.60:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f0f6ba
The quick fox
#f0f6ba · 18.60:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f0f6ba

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8F9D14 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f0f6ba on white: 1.13:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f0f6ba on black: 18.60:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f0f6ba as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f0f6ba.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.13:1AaAa
Slate 501.08:1AaAa
Slate 1001.03:1AaAa
Slate 2001.09:1AaAa
Slate 3001.31:1AaAa
Slate 4002.27:1AaAa
Slate 5004.21:1AaAa
Slate 6006.71:1AaAa
Slate 7009.17:1AaAa
Slate 80012.95:1AaAa
Slate 90015.81:1AaAa
Black18.60:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFF0B6
deuteranopia · #FFF2BC
tritanopia · #F8EFE6

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #f0f6ba is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBFCF3
#F7F9E7
#f0f6ba
#E9F29C
#DFEC6A
#D4E539
#C6D91C
#A5B418
#849013
#606812
#3C410B
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FBFCF3Darkest = 950 · #3C410BText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.019 112.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.031 112.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.046 112.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.060 112.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.071 112.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.077 112.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.077 112.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.073 112.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.065 112.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.054 112.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.043 112.5);
}

Colors that work with #f0f6ba

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E8EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#939B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#122CBA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#67710F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAFCE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232414
Dark-mode background
Hover#E9F29A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E2EE7B
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F6FBC9
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f0f6ba

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #67710F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8F9D14

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight15/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#C0BAF6
Analogous left#F6DEBA
Analogous right#D2F6BA
Split-complement 1#BAD2F6
Split-complement 2#DEBAF6
Triadic 1#BAF0F6
Triadic 2#F6BAF0
Tetradic#BAF6DE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°66°

#f0f6ba sits at 66°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.1%
Green96.5%
Blue72.9%
R · 0–255
240
0xf0
G · 0–255
246
0xf6
B · 0–255
186
0xba

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.4%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow24.4%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 30%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f0f6ba text on a black background

contrast 18.60:1

Card sample

#f0f6ba text on a white background

contrast 1.13:1

Card sample

#f0f6ba on grey

1.03:1

#f0f6ba on its own surface

1.08:1

#f0f6ba on its dark surface

13.94:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f0f6ba;
Background color
Panel with #f0f6ba background
background-color: #f0f6ba;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f0f6ba;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(240, 246, 186, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(240, 246, 186, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f0f6ba;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f0f6ba, #C8F6BA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0f6ba, #BAF6BB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f0f6ba;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f0f6ba;
caret-color: #f0f6ba;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f0f6ba;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAFCE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f0f6ba;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f0f6ba 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f0f6ba over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(240, 246, 186, 0.5)
rgb(240 246 186 / 50%)
#f0f6ba80
hsl(66 77% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f0f6ba 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f0f6ba1a#FEFEF8
20%#f0f6ba33#FCFDF1
40%#f0f6ba66#F9FBE3
60%#f0f6ba99#F6FAD6
80%#f0f6bacc#F3F8C8

Gradients from #f0f6ba

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBFDED, #f0f6ba 45%, #67710F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f0f6ba, #ABF29F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0f6ba, #C0BAF6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCFDF1 0%, #f0f6ba 45%, #67710F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FCF2E7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E1FAD5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #67710F 0%, transparent 65%), #f0f6ba;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f0f6ba

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#f0f6ba in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.60:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#f0f6ba, answered

What color is #f0f6ba?

#f0f6ba is a light electric yellow, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 66° on the hue wheel with 77% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f0f6ba?

rgb(240, 246, 186) — 240 red, 246 green and 186 blue out of 255, or 94.1% / 96.5% / 72.9% by channel.

What is #f0f6ba in HSL and HSV?

hsl(66, 77%, 85%) and hsv(66, 24%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f0f6ba a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8798 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 18.60:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f0f6ba?

Black. It scores 18.60:1 against #f0f6ba, versus 1.13:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f0f6ba accessible on a white background?

#f0f6ba on white scores 1.13:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #727D10 to reach 4.5:1, or #555D0C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f0f6ba?

#C0BAF6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BAD2F6 and #DEBAF6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f0f6ba?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E8EDC0 for borders, #939B4B for secondary text, #122CBA as an accent and #67710F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F6DEBA and #D2F6BA stays calm, while #C0BAF6 is the loudest partner.

What is #f0f6ba in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(2%, 0%, 24%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #f0f6ba warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 30 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F6E6BA; nudged cooler, #DAF7B9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f0f6ba?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 20.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f0f6ba as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f0f6ba in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f0f6ba] or text-[#f0f6ba], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #f0f6ba with 50% opacity?

rgba(240, 246, 186, 0.5), or #f0f6ba80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8FBDD; over black, #787B5D.

Is #f0f6ba a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFCC, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f0f6ba mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f0f6ba?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBFDED, #f0f6ba 45%, #67710F). For more colour, a short hue run to #ABF29F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f0f6ba in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f0f6ba at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.