#F8E05C#F8E05C

#F8E05C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.151 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E05C
RGB	rgb(248, 224, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 62.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -6.69, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 65.96, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0236 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.151 99)
XYZ	xyz(67.3017, 74.0435, 20.8699)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E05C #5C74F8

analogous

#F8925C #F8E05C #C2F85C

triadic

#F8E05C #5CF8E0 #E05CF8

tetradic

#F8E05C #5CF892 #5C74F8 #F85CC2

square

#F8E05C #5CF892 #5C74F8 #F85CC2

split-complementary

#F8E05C #5CC2F8 #925CF8

monochromatic

#D1B209 #F5D521 #F8E05C #FBEB97 #FDF6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F8E05C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#F8E05C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E05C

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E05C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E05C	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 224, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.151 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee990',
    500: '#f8e05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e05c;
$custom-light: #fee990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 91.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90242,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.7404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E05C

secondary

#2C45CC

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E05C

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

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