#F8E56D#F8E56D

#F8E56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E56D
RGB	rgb(248, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 56%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.37, -8.04, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.37, 60.35, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0256 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.4935, 77.1019, 25.6866)
Luminance	0.7710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E56D #6D80F8

analogous

#F8A06D #F8E56D #C5F86D

triadic

#F8E56D #6DF8E5 #E56DF8

tetradic

#F8E56D #6DF8A0 #6D80F8 #F86DC5

square

#F8E56D #6DF8A0 #6D80F8 #F86DC5

split-complementary

#F8E56D #6DC5F8 #A06DF8

monochromatic

#E0C30B #F5DB33 #F8E56D #FBEFA7 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F8E56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F8E56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E56D

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E56D	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)

#F8DF61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fded9a',
    500: '#f8e56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e56d;
$custom-light: #fded9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 90.85,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91421,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E56D

secondary

#374CD2

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E56D

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

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