#F8E490#F8E490

#F8E490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.106 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E490
RGB	rgb(248, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(48, 88%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 41.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -4.48, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 43.63, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0118 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.106 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.4905, 77.4593, 37.5655)
Luminance	0.7746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E490 #90A4F8

analogous

#F8B090 #F8E490 #D8F890

triadic

#F8E490 #90F8E4 #E490F8

tetradic

#F8E490 #90F8B0 #90A4F8 #F890D8

square

#F8E490 #90F8B0 #90A4F8 #F890D8

split-complementary

#F8E490 #90D8F8 #B090F8

monochromatic

#F1C81D #F4D656 #F8E490 #FCF2CA #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F8E490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#F8E490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E490

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E490	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.106 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcecb1',
    500: '#f8e490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e490;
$custom-light: #fcecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 88.136,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91687,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E490

secondary

#556ED7

accent

#2DE501

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E490

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

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