#F8E56E#F8E56E

#F8E56E 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	#F8E56E
RGB	rgb(248, 229, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 55.6%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -7.97, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 59.91, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.0253 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.5476, 77.1236, 25.9717)
Luminance	0.7712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E56E #6E81F8

analogous

#F8A06E #F8E56E #C6F86E

triadic

#F8E56E #6EF8E5 #E56EF8

tetradic

#F8E56E #6EF8A0 #6E81F8 #F86EC6

square

#F8E56E #6EF8A0 #6E81F8 #F86EC6

split-complementary

#F8E56E #6EC6F8 #A06EF8

monochromatic

#E1C30B #F5DB34 #F8E56E #FBEFA8 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F8E56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F8E56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E56E

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E56E	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)

#F8DF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 229, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fded9b',
    500: '#f8e56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e56e;
$custom-light: #fded9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 90.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91433,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E56E

secondary

#384DD3

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E56E

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

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