#F8E272#F8E272

#F8E272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.134 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E272
RGB	rgb(248, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 54%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -6.16, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 57.05, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0196 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.134 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.9474, 75.5669, 26.8704)
Luminance	0.7556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E272 #7288F8

analogous

#F89F72 #F8E272 #CBF872

triadic

#F8E272 #72F8E2 #E272F8

tetradic

#F8E272 #72F89F #7288F8 #F872CB

square

#F8E272 #72F89F #7288F8 #F872CB

split-complementary

#F8E272 #72CBF8 #9F72F8

monochromatic

#E4C10B #F5D638 #F8E272 #FBEEAC #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F8E272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#F8E272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E272

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E272	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.134 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdea9d',
    500: '#f8e272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e272;
$custom-light: #fdea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90875,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E272

secondary

#3B54D3

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E272

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

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