#F8D955#F8D955

#F8D955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.151 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D955
RGB	rgb(248, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 65.7%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -3.57, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 66.67, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0155 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.151 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1670, 70.2413, 18.7180)
Luminance	0.7024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D955 #5574F8

analogous

#F88755 #F8D955 #C5F855

triadic

#F8D955 #55F8D9 #D955F8

tetradic

#F8D955 #55F887 #5574F8 #F855C5

square

#F8D955 #55F887 #5574F8 #F855C5

split-complementary

#F8D955 #55C5F8 #8755F8

monochromatic

#CAA508 #F6CC1A #F8D955 #FAE690 #FDF3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#F8D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#F8D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D955

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D955	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.151 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee48b',
    500: '#f8d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d955;
$custom-light: #fee48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.589,
    "s": 92.09,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88776,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D955

secondary

#2B48C6

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D955

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

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