#F8E485#F8E485

#F8E485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.118 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E485
RGB	rgb(248, 228, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 89%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 46.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -5.55, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 48.92, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.0159 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.118 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.6904, 77.1393, 33.3515)
Luminance	0.7714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E485 #8599F8

analogous

#F8AB85 #F8E485 #D3F885

triadic

#F8E485 #85F8E4 #E485F8

tetradic

#F8E485 #85F8AB #8599F8 #F885D3

square

#F8E485 #85F8AB #8599F8 #F885D3

split-complementary

#F8E485 #85D3F8 #AB85F8

monochromatic

#F1CA11 #F5D74B #F8E485 #FBF1BF #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F8E485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#F8E485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E485

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E485	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 228, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.118 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcecaa',
    500: '#f8e485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e485;
$custom-light: #fcecaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 89.147,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91523,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E485

secondary

#4C64D5

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E485

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

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