#F8E44F#F8E44F

#F8E44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.164 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E44F
RGB	rgb(248, 228, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.86, -9.41, 71.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.86, 72.38, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0328 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.164 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.8690, 76.0107, 18.4922)
Luminance	0.7601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E44F #4F63F8

analogous

#F88F4F #F8E44F #B8F84F

triadic

#F8E44F #4FF8E4 #E44FF8

tetradic

#F8E44F #4FF88F #4F63F8 #F84FB8

square

#F8E44F #4FF88F #4F63F8 #F84FB8

split-complementary

#F8E44F #4FB8F8 #8F4FF8

monochromatic

#C5AE08 #F6DB14 #F8E44F #FAED8A #FDF6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F8E44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#F8E44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E44F

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E44F	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)

#F9DD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 228, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.164 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec88',
    500: '#f8e44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e44f;
$custom-light: #feec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.899,
    "s": 92.35,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90941,
    "c": 0.1637,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E44F

secondary

#2A3CC2

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E44F

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

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