#F8D972#F8D972

#F8D972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.127 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D972
RGB	rgb(248, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 54%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -1.62, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 54.08, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0065 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.127 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.5641, 70.8002, 26.0760)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D972 #7291F8

analogous

#F89672 #F8D972 #D4F872

triadic

#F8D972 #72F8D9 #D972F8

tetradic

#F8D972 #72F896 #7291F8 #F872D4

square

#F8D972 #72F896 #7291F8 #F872D4

split-complementary

#F8D972 #72D4F8 #9672F8

monochromatic

#E4B20B #F5C938 #F8D972 #FBE9AC #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F8D972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#F8D972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D972

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D972	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.127 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde49d',
    500: '#f8d972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d972;
$custom-light: #fde49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89079,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D972

secondary

#3B5ED3

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D972

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

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