#F8E169#F8E169

#F8E169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E169
RGB	rgb(248, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 57.7%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -6.33, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 60.73, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0211 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.1890, 74.8297, 24.2136)
Luminance	0.7483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E169 #6980F8

analogous

#F89A69 #F8E169 #C7F869

triadic

#F8E169 #69F8E1 #E169F8

tetradic

#F8E169 #69F89A #6980F8 #F869C7

square

#F8E169 #69F89A #6980F8 #F869C7

split-complementary

#F8E169 #69C7F8 #9A69F8

monochromatic

#DCBB0A #F5D52F #F8E169 #FBEDA3 #FDF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F8E169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#F8E169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E169

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E169	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)

#F4DC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdea98',
    500: '#f8e169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e169;
$custom-light: #fdea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 91.083,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90572,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E169

secondary

#334DD2

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E169

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

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