#F8E36C#F8E36C

#F8E36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E36C
RGB	rgb(248, 227, 108)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 56.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -7.12, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 60.09, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.023 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.8898, 75.9801, 25.2213)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E36C #6C81F8

analogous

#F89D6C #F8E36C #C7F86C

triadic

#F8E36C #6CF8E3 #E36CF8

tetradic

#F8E36C #6CF89D #6C81F8 #F86CC7

square

#F8E36C #6CF89D #6C81F8 #F86CC7

split-complementary

#F8E36C #6CC7F8 #9D6CF8

monochromatic

#DFBF0B #F5D832 #F8E36C #FBEEA6 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F8E36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#F8E36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E36C

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E36C	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 227, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeb9a',
    500: '#f8e36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e36c;
$custom-light: #fdeb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91007,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E36C

secondary

#364DD2

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E36C

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

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