#F8E06C#F8E06C

#F8E06C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.138 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E06C
RGB	rgb(248, 224, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 56.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -5.61, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 59.07, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.4% -0.0187 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(90.4% 0.138 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.0764, 74.3534, 24.9502)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E06C #6C84F8

analogous

#F89A6C #F8E06C #CAF86C

triadic

#F8E06C #6CF8E0 #E06CF8

tetradic

#F8E06C #6CF89A #6C84F8 #F86CCA

square

#F8E06C #6CF89A #6C84F8 #F86CCA

split-complementary

#F8E06C #6CCAF8 #9A6CF8

monochromatic

#DFBB0B #F5D432 #F8E06C #FBECA6 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F8E06C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#F8E06C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E06C

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E06C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E06C	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e06c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 224, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.138 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde999',
    500: '#f8e06c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e06c;
$custom-light: #fde999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e06c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90404,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E06C

secondary

#3651D2

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E06C

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

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