#F8E178#F8E178

#F8E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.128 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E178
RGB	rgb(248, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 51.6%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -5.18, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 53.95, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0161 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.128 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.0291, 75.1657, 28.6380)
Luminance	0.7516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E178 #788FF8

analogous

#F8A178 #F8E178 #CFF878

triadic

#F8E178 #78F8E1 #E178F8

tetradic

#F8E178 #78F8A1 #788FF8 #F878CF

square

#F8E178 #78F8A1 #788FF8 #F878CF

split-complementary

#F8E178 #78CFF8 #A178F8

monochromatic

#E9C20C #F5D43E #F8E178 #FBEEB2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F8E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#F8E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E178

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E178	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.128 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeaa1',
    500: '#f8e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e178;
$custom-light: #fdeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90748,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E178

secondary

#405BD4

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E178

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

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