#F8E68A#F8E68A

#F8E68A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.114 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E68A
RGB	rgb(248, 230, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 44.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -6.08, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 47.28, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(92% -0.017 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(92% 0.114 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.5975, 78.3875, 35.3987)
Luminance	0.7839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E68A #8A9CF8

analogous

#F8AF8A #F8E68A #D3F88A

triadic

#F8E68A #8AF8E6 #E68AF8

tetradic

#F8E68A #8AF8AF #8A9CF8 #F88AD3

square

#F8E68A #8AF8AF #8A9CF8 #F88AD3

split-complementary

#F8E68A #8AD3F8 #AF8AF8

monochromatic

#F1CD17 #F5DA50 #F8E68A #FBF2C4 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F8E68A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#F8E68A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E68A

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E68A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E68A	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e68a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 230, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.114 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcedad',
    500: '#f8e68a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e68a;
$custom-light: #fcedad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e68a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 88.71,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91995,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E68A

secondary

#5066D6

accent

#26E500

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E68A

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

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