#F8E162#F8E162

#F8E162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.147 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E162
RGB	rgb(248, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 60.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -6.81, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 63.77, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0233 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.147 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.8439, 74.6917, 22.3962)
Luminance	0.7469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E162 #6279F8

analogous

#F89662 #F8E162 #C4F862

triadic

#F8E162 #62F8E1 #E162F8

tetradic

#F8E162 #62F896 #6279F8 #F862C4

square

#F8E162 #62F896 #6279F8 #F862C4

split-complementary

#F8E162 #62C4F8 #9662F8

monochromatic

#D6B70A #F5D627 #F8E162 #FBEC9D #FDF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F8E162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#F8E162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E162

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E162	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.147 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea93',
    500: '#f8e162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e162;
$custom-light: #feea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.8,
    "s": 91.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.905,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E162

secondary

#2E47D0

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E162

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

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