#F8E280#F8E280

#F8E280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.121 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E280
RGB	rgb(248, 226, 128)
HSL	hsl(49, 90%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 48.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -4.99, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 50.57, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0148 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.121 97)
XYZ	xyz(69.8062, 75.9104, 31.3930)
Luminance	0.7591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E280 #8096F8

analogous

#F8A680 #F8E280 #D2F880

triadic

#F8E280 #80F8E2 #E280F8

tetradic

#F8E280 #80F8A6 #8096F8 #F880D2

square

#F8E280 #80F8A6 #8096F8 #F880D2

split-complementary

#F8E280 #80D2F8 #A680F8

monochromatic

#F0C70D #F5D546 #F8E280 #FBEFBA #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F8E280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#F8E280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E280

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E280	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 226, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.121 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeaa7',
    500: '#f8e280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e280;
$custom-light: #fdeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 89.552,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91053,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.75908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E280

secondary

#4761D5

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E280

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

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