#F8E471#F8E471

#F8E471 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E471
RGB	rgb(248, 228, 113)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 54.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -7.24, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 58.21, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.27% -0.0228 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(91.27% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4378, 76.6382, 26.7546)
Luminance	0.7664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E471 #7185F8

analogous

#F8A071 #F8E471 #C8F871

triadic

#F8E471 #71F8E4 #E471F8

tetradic

#F8E471 #71F8A0 #7185F8 #F871C8

square

#F8E471 #71F8A0 #7185F8 #F871C8

split-complementary

#F8E471 #71C8F8 #A071F8

monochromatic

#E3C30B #F5D937 #F8E471 #FBEFAB #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F8E471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#F8E471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E471

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E471	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 228, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdec9d',
    500: '#f8e471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e471;
$custom-light: #fdec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 90.604,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91265,
    "c": 0.13707,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E471

secondary

#3A51D3

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E471

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

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