#F8E281#F8E281

#F8E281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.120 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E281
RGB	rgb(248, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 89%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 48%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -4.91, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 50.09, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0144 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.12 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.8723, 75.9368, 31.7414)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E281 #8197F8

analogous

#F8A781 #F8E281 #D2F881

triadic

#F8E281 #81F8E2 #E281F8

tetradic

#F8E281 #81F8A7 #8197F8 #F881D2

square

#F8E281 #81F8A7 #8197F8 #F881D2

split-complementary

#F8E281 #81D2F8 #A781F8

monochromatic

#F1C70D #F5D547 #F8E281 #FBEFBB #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F8E281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#F8E281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E281

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E281	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.120 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeaa7',
    500: '#f8e281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e281;
$custom-light: #fdeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91067,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E281

secondary

#4862D5

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E281

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

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