#F8E56C#F8E56C

#F8E56C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E56C
RGB	rgb(248, 229, 108)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 56.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -8.12, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 60.80, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(91.41% -0.0259 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(91.41% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.4400, 77.0805, 25.4047)
Luminance	0.7708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E56C #6C7FF8

analogous

#F89F6C #F8E56C #C5F86C

triadic

#F8E56C #6CF8E5 #E56CF8

tetradic

#F8E56C #6CF89F #6C7FF8 #F86CC5

square

#F8E56C #6CF89F #6C7FF8 #F86CC5

split-complementary

#F8E56C #6CC5F8 #9F6CF8

monochromatic

#DFC20B #F5DB32 #F8E56C #FBEFA6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F8E56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F8E56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E56C

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E56C	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 229, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdec9a',
    500: '#f8e56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e56c;
$custom-light: #fdec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9141,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E56C

secondary

#364BD2

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E56C

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

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