#F8D462#F8D462

#F8D462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.138 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D462
RGB	rgb(248, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 60.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, -0.23, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 59.77, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0043 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.138 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.4624, 67.9287, 21.2690)
Luminance	0.6793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D462 #6286F8

analogous

#F88962 #F8D462 #D1F862

triadic

#F8D462 #62F8D4 #D462F8

tetradic

#F8D462 #62F889 #6286F8 #F862D1

square

#F8D462 #62F889 #6286F8 #F862D1

split-complementary

#F8D462 #62D1F8 #8962F8

monochromatic

#D6A50A #F5C427 #F8D462 #FBE49D #FDF4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#F8D462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#F8D462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D462

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D462	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.138 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee092',
    500: '#f8d462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d462;
$custom-light: #fee092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 91.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87908,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D462

secondary

#2E55D0

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D462

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

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