#F8E486#F8E486

#F8E486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.117 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E486
RGB	rgb(248, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(49, 89%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 46%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -5.45, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 48.44, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.54% -0.0155 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(91.54% 0.117 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.7598, 77.1670, 33.7170)
Luminance	0.7716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E486 #869AF8

analogous

#F8AB86 #F8E486 #D3F886

triadic

#F8E486 #86F8E4 #E486F8

tetradic

#F8E486 #86F8AB #869AF8 #F886D3

square

#F8E486 #86F8AB #869AF8 #F886D3

split-complementary

#F8E486 #86D3F8 #AB86F8

monochromatic

#F1CA12 #F5D74C #F8E486 #FBF1C0 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F8E486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#F8E486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E486

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E486	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)

#F5DF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.117 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcecab',
    500: '#f8e486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e486;
$custom-light: #fcecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 89.063,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91537,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E486

secondary

#4D65D6

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E486

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

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