#F8E080#F8E080

#F8E080 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.119 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E080
RGB	rgb(248, 224, 128)
HSL	hsl(48, 90%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 48.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -3.99, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 49.86, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0119 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.119 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.2655, 74.8290, 31.2128)
Luminance	0.7483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E080 #8098F8

analogous

#F8A480 #F8E080 #D4F880

triadic

#F8E080 #80F8E0 #E080F8

tetradic

#F8E080 #80F8A4 #8098F8 #F880D4

square

#F8E080 #80F8A4 #8098F8 #F880D4

split-complementary

#F8E080 #80D4F8 #A480F8

monochromatic

#F0C30D #F5D246 #F8E080 #FBEEBA #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F8E080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#F8E080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E080

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E080	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 224, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.119 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde9a7',
    500: '#f8e080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e080;
$custom-light: #fde9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 89.552,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90654,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E080

secondary

#4764D5

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E080

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

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