#F8E685#F8E685

#F8E685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E685
RGB	rgb(248, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 46.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -6.55, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 49.66, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.0188 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(71.2438, 78.2460, 33.5359)
Luminance	0.7824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E685 #8597F8

analogous

#F8AD85 #F8E685 #D0F885

triadic

#F8E685 #85F8E6 #E685F8

tetradic

#F8E685 #85F8AD #8597F8 #F885D0

square

#F8E685 #85F8AD #8597F8 #F885D0

split-complementary

#F8E685 #85D0F8 #AD85F8

monochromatic

#F1CE11 #F5DA4B #F8E685 #FBF2BF #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F8E685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#F8E685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E685

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E685	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E17D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcedaa',
    500: '#f8e685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e685;
$custom-light: #fcedaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 89.147,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91924,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.78244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E685

secondary

#4C61D5

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E685

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

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