#F8EC8A#F8EC8A

#F8EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.120 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8EC8A
RGB	rgb(248, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 89%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 44.4%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.48, -9.07, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.48, 49.62, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(93.2% -0.0256 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(93.2% 0.12 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.2960, 81.7845, 35.9648)
Luminance	0.8178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8EC8A #8A96F8

analogous

#F8B58A #F8EC8A #CDF88A

triadic

#F8EC8A #8AF8EC #EC8AF8

tetradic

#F8EC8A #8AF8B5 #8A96F8 #F88ACD

square

#F8EC8A #8AF8B5 #8A96F8 #F88ACD

split-complementary

#F8EC8A #8ACDF8 #B58AF8

monochromatic

#F1D917 #F5E350 #F8EC8A #FBF5C4 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F8EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36

#F8EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8EC8A

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8EC8A	1.00	1.21	17.36	17.36
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.120 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2ae',
    500: '#f8ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8ec8a;
$custom-light: #fcf2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 88.71,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93202,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8EC8A

secondary

#505FD6

accent

#19E500

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8EC8A

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

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