#F8E28A#F8E28A

#F8E28A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.111 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E28A
RGB	rgb(248, 226, 138)
HSL	hsl(48, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 44.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -4.06, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 45.80, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.0111 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.111 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.4971, 76.1867, 35.0319)
Luminance	0.7618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E28A #8AA0F8

analogous

#F8AB8A #F8E28A #D7F88A

triadic

#F8E28A #8AF8E2 #E28AF8

tetradic

#F8E28A #8AF8AB #8AA0F8 #F88AD7

square

#F8E28A #8AF8AB #8AA0F8 #F88AD7

split-complementary

#F8E28A #8AD7F8 #AB8AF8

monochromatic

#F1C517 #F5D450 #F8E28A #FBF0C4 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F8E28A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#F8E28A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E28A

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E28A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E28A	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e28a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 226, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.111 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fceaad',
    500: '#f8e28a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e28a;
$custom-light: #fceaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e28a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 88.71,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91196,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E28A

secondary

#506BD6

accent

#2EE500

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E28A

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

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