#F8EC8D#F8EC8D

#F8EC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.117 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8EC8D
RGB	rgb(248, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 88%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 43.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.52, -8.78, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.52, 48.19, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(93.25% -0.0245 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(93.25% 0.117 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.5162, 81.8726, 37.1245)
Luminance	0.8187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8EC8D #8D99F8

analogous

#F8B78D #F8EC8D #CFF88D

triadic

#F8EC8D #8DF8EC #EC8DF8

tetradic

#F8EC8D #8DF8B7 #8D99F8 #F88DCF

square

#F8EC8D #8DF8B7 #8D99F8 #F88DCF

split-complementary

#F8EC8D #8DCFF8 #B78DF8

monochromatic

#F1D91A #F4E253 #F8EC8D #FCF6C7 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F8EC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#F8EC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8EC8D

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8EC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8EC8D	1.00	1.21	17.37	17.37
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8ec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.117 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2b0',
    500: '#f8ec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8ec8d;
$custom-light: #fcf2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8ec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 88.43,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93246,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8EC8D

secondary

#5362D6

accent

#1AE500

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8EC8D

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

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