#F8E581#F8E581

#F8E581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E581
RGB	rgb(248, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 89%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 48%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.59, -6.41, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.59, 51.18, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0188 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.123 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.6952, 77.5826, 32.0157)
Luminance	0.7758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E581 #8194F8

analogous

#F8AA81 #F8E581 #D0F881

triadic

#F8E581 #81F8E5 #E581F8

tetradic

#F8E581 #81F8AA #8194F8 #F881D0

square

#F8E581 #81F8AA #8194F8 #F881D0

split-complementary

#F8E581 #81D0F8 #AA81F8

monochromatic

#F1CD0D #F5D947 #F8E581 #FBF1BB #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F8E581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#F8E581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E581

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E581	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.123 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeda7',
    500: '#f8e581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e581;
$custom-light: #fdeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91668,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E581

secondary

#485FD5

accent

#25E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E581

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

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