#F8E261#F8E261

#F8E261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.149 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E261
RGB	rgb(248, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -7.37, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 64.52, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.025 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.149 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.0682, 75.2151, 22.2395)
Luminance	0.7521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E261 #6177F8

analogous

#F89661 #F8E261 #C3F861

triadic

#F8E261 #61F8E2 #E261F8

tetradic

#F8E261 #61F896 #6177F8 #F861C3

square

#F8E261 #61F896 #6177F8 #F861C3

split-complementary

#F8E261 #61C3F8 #9661F8

monochromatic

#D5B709 #F5D726 #F8E261 #FBED9C #FDF8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F8E261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#F8E261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E261

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E261	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.149 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feea93',
    500: '#f8e261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e261;
$custom-light: #feea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.258,
    "s": 91.515,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90692,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E261

secondary

#2D45D0

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E261

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

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