#F8E165#F8E165

#F8E165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.145 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E165
RGB	rgb(248, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 59.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -6.61, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 62.48, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0224 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.145 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.9883, 74.7494, 23.1562)
Luminance	0.7475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E165 #657CF8

analogous

#F89765 #F8E165 #C5F865

triadic

#F8E165 #65F8E1 #E165F8

tetradic

#F8E165 #65F897 #657CF8 #F865C5

square

#F8E165 #65F897 #657CF8 #F865C5

split-complementary

#F8E165 #65C5F8 #9765F8

monochromatic

#D9B80A #F5D62A #F8E165 #FBECA0 #FDF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F8E165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#F8E165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E165

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E165	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.145 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea95',
    500: '#f8e165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e165;
$custom-light: #feea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9053,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E165

secondary

#3049D1

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E165

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

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