#F8D173#F8D173

#F8D173 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.121 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D173
RGB	rgb(248, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(42, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 53.6%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, 2.55, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 51.28, 87.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% 0.0057 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.121 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.6091, 66.7986, 25.7066)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D173 #739AF8

analogous

#F88E73 #F8D173 #DCF873

triadic

#F8D173 #73F8D1 #D173F8

tetradic

#F8D173 #73F88E #739AF8 #F873DC

square

#F8D173 #73F88E #739AF8 #F873DC

split-complementary

#F8D173 #73DCF8 #8E73F8

monochromatic

#E5A50B #F5BE39 #F8D173 #FBE4AD #FEF5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#F8D173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#F8D173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D173

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D173	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.121 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdde9d',
    500: '#f8d173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d173;
$custom-light: #fdde9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87517,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D173

secondary

#3C68D3

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D173

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

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