#F8E481#F8E481

#F8E481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.122 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E481
RGB	rgb(248, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 89%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 48%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -5.91, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 50.82, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0173 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.122 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.4193, 77.0308, 31.9237)
Luminance	0.7703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E481 #8195F8

analogous

#F8A981 #F8E481 #D1F881

triadic

#F8E481 #81F8E4 #E481F8

tetradic

#F8E481 #81F8A9 #8195F8 #F881D1

square

#F8E481 #81F8A9 #8195F8 #F881D1

split-complementary

#F8E481 #81D1F8 #A981F8

monochromatic

#F1CB0D #F5D847 #F8E481 #FBF0BB #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F8E481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#F8E481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E481

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E481	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.122 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeca7',
    500: '#f8e481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e481;
$custom-light: #fdeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91467,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E481

secondary

#4860D5

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E481

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

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