#F8E36A#F8E36A

#F8E36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.142 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E36A
RGB	rgb(248, 227, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 57.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -7.26, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 60.98, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.99% -0.0237 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(90.99% 0.142 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.7846, 75.9380, 24.6672)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E36A #6A7FF8

analogous

#F89C6A #F8E36A #C6F86A

triadic

#F8E36A #6AF8E3 #E36AF8

tetradic

#F8E36A #6AF89C #6A7FF8 #F86AC6

square

#F8E36A #6AF89C #6A7FF8 #F86AC6

split-complementary

#F8E36A #6AC6F8 #9C6AF8

monochromatic

#DDBE0A #F5D830 #F8E36A #FBEEA4 #FDF9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F8E36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#F8E36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E36A

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E36A	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)

#F6DD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 227, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.142 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeb98',
    500: '#f8e36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e36a;
$custom-light: #fdeb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 91.026,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90986,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E36A

secondary

#344CD2

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E36A

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

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