#F8E470#F8E470

#F8E470 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E470
RGB	rgb(248, 228, 112)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 54.8%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -7.32, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 58.66, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0232 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3819, 76.6158, 26.4597)
Luminance	0.7661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E470 #7084F8

analogous

#F8A070 #F8E470 #C8F870

triadic

#F8E470 #70F8E4 #E470F8

tetradic

#F8E470 #70F8A0 #7084F8 #F870C8

square

#F8E470 #70F8A0 #7084F8 #F870C8

split-complementary

#F8E470 #70C8F8 #A070F8

monochromatic

#E3C30B #F5D936 #F8E470 #FBEFAA #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F8E470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#F8E470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E470

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E470	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 228, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdec9c',
    500: '#f8e470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e470;
$custom-light: #fdec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 90.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91254,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E470

secondary

#3950D3

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E470

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

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