#F8E572#F8E572

#F8E572 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E572
RGB	rgb(248, 229, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 54%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -7.67, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 58.11, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.024 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.7703, 77.2127, 27.1447)
Luminance	0.7721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E572 #7285F8

analogous

#F8A272 #F8E572 #C8F872

triadic

#F8E572 #72F8E5 #E572F8

tetradic

#F8E572 #72F8A2 #7285F8 #F872C8

square

#F8E572 #72F8A2 #7285F8 #F872C8

split-complementary

#F8E572 #72C8F8 #A272F8

monochromatic

#E4C60B #F5DA38 #F8E572 #FBF0AC #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F8E572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#F8E572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E572

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E572	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 229, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fded9e',
    500: '#f8e572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e572;
$custom-light: #fded9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91478,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E572

secondary

#3B51D3

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E572

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

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