#F8E06F#F8E06F
#F8E06F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.135 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F8E06F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(248, 224, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 91%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 55%, 97%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 55.2%, 2.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.12, -5.39, 57.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(89.12, 57.72, 95.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.44% -0.0177 0.1343) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.44% 0.135 97.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(68.2388, 74.4183, 25.8056) |
| Luminance | 0.7441 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 1.36
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.41
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 1.88
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.62
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.77
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F8E06F #6F87F8
analogous
#F89B6F #F8E06F #CBF86F
triadic
#F8E06F #6FF8E0 #E06FF8
tetradic
#F8E06F #6FF89B #6F87F8 #F86FCB
square
#F8E06F #6FF89B #6F87F8 #F86FCB
split-complementary
#F8E06F #6FCBF8 #9B6FF8
monochromatic
#E2BC0B #F5D335 #F8E06F #FBEDA9 #FEF9E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.32
#F8E06F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.88
#F8E06F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F8E06F
15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F8E06F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F8E06F | 1.00 | 1.32 | 15.88 | 15.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.32 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3DB64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E374
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD2C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f8e06f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 224, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.135 97.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fde99b',
500: '#f8e06f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f8e06f; $custom-light: #fde99b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f8e06f",
"rgb": {
"r": 248,
"g": 224,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.489,
"s": 90.728,
"l": 70.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90439,
"c": 0.13549,
"h": 97.5
},
"luminance": 0.74415
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F8E06F
secondary
#3854D3
accent
#28E600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F