#F8E45C#F8E45C

#F8E45C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.155 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E45C
RGB	rgb(248, 228, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.96, -8.68, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.96, 67.28, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0293 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.155 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.3893, 76.2188, 21.2325)
Luminance	0.7622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E45C #5C70F8

analogous

#F8965C #F8E45C #BEF85C

triadic

#F8E45C #5CF8E4 #E45CF8

tetradic

#F8E45C #5CF896 #5C70F8 #F85CBE

square

#F8E45C #5CF896 #5C70F8 #F85CBE

split-complementary

#F8E45C #5CBEF8 #965CF8

monochromatic

#D1B709 #F5DA21 #F8E45C #FBEE97 #FDF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F8E45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#F8E45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E45C

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E45C	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)

#F8DE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 228, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.155 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feec90',
    500: '#f8e45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e45c;
$custom-light: #feec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 91.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91049,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E45C

secondary

#2C41CC

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E45C

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

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