#F8D596#F8D596

#F8D596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.089 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D596
RGB	rgb(248, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(39, 88%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(39, 40%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 39.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, 3.80, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 35.86, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% 0.0127 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.089 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.0125, 69.7499, 38.7288)
Luminance	0.6975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D596 #96B9F8

analogous

#F8A496 #F8D596 #EAF896

triadic

#F8D596 #96F8D5 #D596F8

tetradic

#F8D596 #96F8A4 #96B9F8 #F896EA

square

#F8D596 #96F8A4 #96B9F8 #F896EA

split-complementary

#F8D596 #96EAF8 #A496F8

monochromatic

#F0A723 #F4BE5D #F8D596 #FCECCF #FDF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F8D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#F8D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D596

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D596	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.089 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fce1b5',
    500: '#f8d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d596;
$custom-light: #fce1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88831,
    "c": 0.08906,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D596

secondary

#5B87D8

accent

#52E401

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D596

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

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