#F8E474#F8E474

#F8E474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.134 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E474
RGB	rgb(248, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 53.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -7.01, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 56.85, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0218 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.134 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6095, 76.7069, 27.6588)
Luminance	0.7670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E474 #7488F8

analogous

#F8A274 #F8E474 #CAF874

triadic

#F8E474 #74F8E4 #E474F8

tetradic

#F8E474 #74F8A2 #7488F8 #F874CA

square

#F8E474 #74F8A2 #7488F8 #F874CA

split-complementary

#F8E474 #74CAF8 #A274F8

monochromatic

#E6C50C #F5D93A #F8E474 #FBEFAE #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F8E474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#F8E474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E474

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E474	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.134 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdec9f',
    500: '#f8e474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e474;
$custom-light: #fdec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91301,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E474

secondary

#3D54D3

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E474

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

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