#F8D178#F8D178

#F8D178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.117 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D178
RGB	rgb(248, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(42, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 51.6%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, 2.96, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 48.97, 86.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% 0.0075 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.117 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9046, 66.9168, 27.2632)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D178 #789FF8

analogous

#F89178 #F8D178 #DFF878

triadic

#F8D178 #78F8D1 #D178F8

tetradic

#F8D178 #78F891 #789FF8 #F878DF

square

#F8D178 #78F891 #789FF8 #F878DF

split-complementary

#F8D178 #78DFF8 #9178F8

monochromatic

#E9A60C #F5BD3E #F8D178 #FBE5B2 #FDF5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#F8D178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#F8D178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D178

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D178	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.117 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fddea1',
    500: '#f8d178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d178;
$custom-light: #fddea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87583,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D178

secondary

#406DD4

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D178

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

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