#F8D978#F8D978

#F8D978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.122 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D978
RGB	rgb(248, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 51.6%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -1.13, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 51.30, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0044 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.122 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.9169, 70.9413, 27.9339)
Luminance	0.7094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D978 #7897F8

analogous

#F89978 #F8D978 #D7F878

triadic

#F8D978 #78F8D9 #D978F8

tetradic

#F8D978 #78F899 #7897F8 #F878D7

square

#F8D978 #78F899 #7897F8 #F878D7

split-complementary

#F8D978 #78D7F8 #9978F8

monochromatic

#E9B40C #F5C93E #F8D978 #FBE9B2 #FDF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F8D978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#F8D978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D978

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D978	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.122 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde4a1',
    500: '#f8d978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d978;
$custom-light: #fde4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89156,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D978

secondary

#4064D4

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D978

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

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