#F8D979#F8D979

#F8D979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.121 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8D979
RGB	rgb(248, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.47, -1.04, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.47, 50.84, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0041 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.121 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9779, 70.9657, 28.2552)
Luminance	0.7096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8D979 #7998F8

analogous

#F89979 #F8D979 #D8F879

triadic

#F8D979 #79F8D9 #D979F8

tetradic

#F8D979 #79F899 #7998F8 #F879D8

square

#F8D979 #79F899 #7998F8 #F879D8

split-complementary

#F8D979 #79D8F8 #9979F8

monochromatic

#EAB40C #F5C93F #F8D979 #FBE9B3 #FDF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F8D979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#F8D979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8D979

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8D979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8D979	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)

#EBD671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8d979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.121 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde4a2',
    500: '#f8d979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8d979;
$custom-light: #fde4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8d979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89169,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8D979

secondary

#4165D4

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8D979

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

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