#F8E174#F8E174

#F8E174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.132 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E174
RGB	rgb(248, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 53.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -5.50, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 55.79, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.7% -0.0175 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(90.7% 0.132 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.7914, 75.0706, 27.3861)
Luminance	0.7507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E174 #748BF8

analogous

#F89F74 #F8E174 #CDF874

triadic

#F8E174 #74F8E1 #E174F8

tetradic

#F8E174 #74F89F #748BF8 #F874CD

square

#F8E174 #74F89F #748BF8 #F874CD

split-complementary

#F8E174 #74CDF8 #9F74F8

monochromatic

#E6C00C #F5D43A #F8E174 #FBEEAE #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F8E174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#F8E174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E174

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E174	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)

#F3DC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.132 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdea9f',
    500: '#f8e174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e174;
$custom-light: #fdea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90698,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E174

secondary

#3D57D3

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E174

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

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