#F8E56F#F8E56F

#F8E56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E56F
RGB	rgb(248, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(52, 91%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 55.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -7.89, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 59.46, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0249 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6024, 77.1455, 26.2601)
Luminance	0.7714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E56F #6F82F8

analogous

#F8A06F #F8E56F #C6F86F

triadic

#F8E56F #6FF8E5 #E56FF8

tetradic

#F8E56F #6FF8A0 #6F82F8 #F86FC6

square

#F8E56F #6FF8A0 #6F82F8 #F86FC6

split-complementary

#F8E56F #6FC6F8 #A06FF8

monochromatic

#E2C40B #F5DA35 #F8E56F #FBF0A9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F8E56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#F8E56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E56F

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E56F	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)

#F8DF63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fded9c',
    500: '#f8e56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e56f;
$custom-light: #fded9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 90.728,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91444,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E56F

secondary

#384ED3

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E56F

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

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