#F8E986#F8E986

#F8E986 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E986
RGB	rgb(248, 233, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 89%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 46%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.67, -7.96, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.67, 50.34, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.54% -0.0227 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(92.54% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.1552, 79.9579, 34.1822)
Luminance	0.7996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E986 #8695F8

analogous

#F8B086 #F8E986 #CEF886

triadic

#F8E986 #86F8E9 #E986F8

tetradic

#F8E986 #86F8B0 #8695F8 #F886CE

square

#F8E986 #86F8B0 #8695F8 #F886CE

split-complementary

#F8E986 #86CEF8 #B086F8

monochromatic

#F1D412 #F5DE4C #F8E986 #FBF4C0 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F8E986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#F8E986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E986

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E986	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE37E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 233, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcefab',
    500: '#f8e986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e986;
$custom-light: #fcefab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 89.063,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92541,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E986

secondary

#4D5FD6

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E986

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

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