#F8E585#F8E585

#F8E585 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.119 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E585
RGB	rgb(248, 229, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 89%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 46.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, -6.05, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 49.29, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0173 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.119 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.9663, 77.6910, 33.4434)
Luminance	0.7769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E585 #8598F8

analogous

#F8AC85 #F8E585 #D2F885

triadic

#F8E585 #85F8E5 #E585F8

tetradic

#F8E585 #85F8AC #8598F8 #F885D2

square

#F8E585 #85F8AC #8598F8 #F885D2

split-complementary

#F8E585 #85D2F8 #AC85F8

monochromatic

#F1CC11 #F5D94B #F8E585 #FBF1BF #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F8E585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#F8E585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E585

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E585	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 229, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.119 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcedaa',
    500: '#f8e585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e585;
$custom-light: #fcedaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 89.147,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91723,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E585

secondary

#4C62D5

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E585

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

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