#F8E990#F8E990

#F8E990 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.111 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E990
RGB	rgb(248, 233, 144)
HSL	hsl(51, 88%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 41.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.80, -6.99, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.80, 45.55, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.69% -0.0191 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(92.69% 0.111 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.8860, 80.2502, 38.0306)
Luminance	0.8025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E990 #909FF8

analogous

#F8B590 #F8E990 #D3F890

triadic

#F8E990 #90F8E9 #E990F8

tetradic

#F8E990 #90F8B5 #909FF8 #F890D3

square

#F8E990 #90F8B5 #909FF8 #F890D3

split-complementary

#F8E990 #90D3F8 #B590F8

monochromatic

#F1D21D #F4DE56 #F8E990 #FCF4CA #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F8E990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#F8E990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E990

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E990	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEA94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 233, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.111 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcefb2',
    500: '#f8e990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e990;
$custom-light: #fcefb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 88.136,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92687,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E990

secondary

#5568D7

accent

#22E501

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E990

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

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