#F8D251#F8D251

#F8D251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.149 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D251
RGB	rgb(248, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -0.23, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 66.34, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0063 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.149 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.2464, 66.6473, 17.3159)
Luminance	0.6664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D251 #5177F8

analogous

#F87E51 #F8D251 #CBF851

triadic

#F8D251 #51F8D2 #D251F8

tetradic

#F8D251 #51F87E #5177F8 #F851CB

square

#F8D251 #51F87E #5177F8 #F851CB

split-complementary

#F8D251 #51CBF8 #7E51F8

monochromatic

#C79B08 #F6C316 #F8D251 #FAE18C #FDF0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#F8D251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#F8D251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D251

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D251	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.149 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf88',
    500: '#f8d251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d251;
$custom-light: #ffdf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.347,
    "s": 92.265,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87352,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D251

secondary

#2A4DC3

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D251

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

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