#F8E176#F8E176

#F8E176 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.130 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E176
RGB	rgb(248, 225, 118)
HSL	hsl(49, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 52.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -5.34, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 54.88, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0168 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.13 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.9090, 75.1177, 28.0054)
Luminance	0.7511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E176 #768DF8

analogous

#F8A076 #F8E176 #CEF876

triadic

#F8E176 #76F8E1 #E176F8

tetradic

#F8E176 #76F8A0 #768DF8 #F876CE

square

#F8E176 #76F8A0 #768DF8 #F876CE

split-complementary

#F8E176 #76CEF8 #A076F8

monochromatic

#E8C10C #F5D43C #F8E176 #FBEEB0 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F8E176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#F8E176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E176

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E176	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 225, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.130 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeaa0',
    500: '#f8e176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e176;
$custom-light: #fdeaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 90.278,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90723,
    "c": 0.1299,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E176

secondary

#3F59D4

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E176

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

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