#F8F596#F8F596

#F8F596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.875; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.117 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8F596
RGB	rgb(248, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 88%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 39.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.94, -12.32, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.94, 47.67, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(95.2% -0.0339 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(95.2% 0.117 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.8700, 87.4650, 41.6813)
Luminance	0.8746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8F596 #9699F8

analogous

#F8C496 #F8F596 #CAF896

triadic

#F8F596 #96F8F5 #F596F8

tetradic

#F8F596 #96F8C4 #9699F8 #F896CA

square

#F8F596 #96F8C4 #9699F8 #F896CA

split-complementary

#F8F596 #96CAF8 #C496F8

monochromatic

#F0EA23 #F4F05D #F8F596 #FCFACF #FDFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#F8F596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.49

#F8F596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8F596

18.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8F596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8F596	1.00	1.14	18.49	18.49
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8f596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.117 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf8b6',
    500: '#f8f596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8f596;
$custom-light: #fcf8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8f596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.163,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95203,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.87463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8F596

secondary

#5B5FD8

accent

#08E401

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8F596

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

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