#F8E173#F8E173

#F8E173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E173
RGB	rgb(248, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 53.6%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -5.58, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 56.25, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0178 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.7335, 75.0475, 27.0814)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E173 #738AF8

analogous

#F89E73 #F8E173 #CCF873

triadic

#F8E173 #73F8E1 #E173F8

tetradic

#F8E173 #73F89E #738AF8 #F873CC

square

#F8E173 #73F89E #738AF8 #F873CC

split-complementary

#F8E173 #73CCF8 #9E73F8

monochromatic

#E5BF0B #F5D539 #F8E173 #FBEDAD #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F8E173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#F8E173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E173

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E173	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdea9e',
    500: '#f8e173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e173;
$custom-light: #fdea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90686,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E173

secondary

#3C56D3

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E173

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

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