#F8E185#F8E185

#F8E185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.115 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E185
RGB	rgb(248, 225, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 89%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 46.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -4.03, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 47.84, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0115 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.115 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.8723, 75.5030, 33.0788)
Luminance	0.7550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E185 #859CF8

analogous

#F8A885 #F8E185 #D6F885

triadic

#F8E185 #85F8E1 #E185F8

tetradic

#F8E185 #85F8A8 #859CF8 #F885D6

square

#F8E185 #85F8A8 #859CF8 #F885D6

split-complementary

#F8E185 #85D6F8 #A885F8

monochromatic

#F1C511 #F5D34B #F8E185 #FBEFBF #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F8E185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#F8E185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E185

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E185	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 225, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.115 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fceaaa',
    500: '#f8e185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e185;
$custom-light: #fceaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 89.147,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90923,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E185

secondary

#4C67D5

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E185

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

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