#F8E690#F8E690

#F8E690 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.108 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E690
RGB	rgb(248, 230, 144)
HSL	hsl(50, 88%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 41.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -5.48, 44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 44.39, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.09% -0.0147 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(92.09% 0.108 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.0439, 78.5661, 37.7499)
Luminance	0.7856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E690 #90A2F8

analogous

#F8B290 #F8E690 #D6F890

triadic

#F8E690 #90F8E6 #E690F8

tetradic

#F8E690 #90F8B2 #90A2F8 #F890D6

square

#F8E690 #90F8B2 #90A2F8 #F890D6

split-complementary

#F8E690 #90D6F8 #B290F8

monochromatic

#F1CC1D #F4D956 #F8E690 #FCF3CA #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F8E690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#F8E690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E690

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E690	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 230, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.108 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcedb1',
    500: '#f8e690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e690;
$custom-light: #fcedb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 88.136,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92086,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E690

secondary

#556CD7

accent

#28E501

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E690

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

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