#F8D855#F8D855

#F8D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.150 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D855
RGB	rgb(248, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.7%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.86, -3.06, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.86, 66.38, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.014 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.15 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9100, 69.7274, 18.6323)
Luminance	0.6972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D855 #5575F8

analogous

#F88755 #F8D855 #C6F855

triadic

#F8D855 #55F8D8 #D855F8

tetradic

#F8D855 #55F887 #5575F8 #F855C6

square

#F8D855 #55F887 #5575F8 #F855C6

split-complementary

#F8D855 #55C6F8 #8755F8

monochromatic

#CAA408 #F6CB1A #F8D855 #FAE590 #FDF3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#F8D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#F8D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D855

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D855	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.150 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee38b',
    500: '#f8d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d855;
$custom-light: #fee38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.221,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88577,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D855

secondary

#2B49C6

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D855

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

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