#F8DB79#F8DB79

#F8DB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.122 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8DB79
RGB	rgb(248, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -2.06, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 51.47, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.007 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.122 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.4965, 72.0029, 28.4281)
Luminance	0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8DB79 #7996F8

analogous

#F89B79 #F8DB79 #D6F879

triadic

#F8DB79 #79F8DB #DB79F8

tetradic

#F8DB79 #79F89B #7996F8 #F879D6

square

#F8DB79 #79F89B #7996F8 #F879D6

split-complementary

#F8DB79 #79D6F8 #9B79F8

monochromatic

#EAB80C #F5CB3F #F8DB79 #FBEBB3 #FDF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F8DB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#F8DB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8DB79

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8DB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8DB79	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8db79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.122 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde5a2',
    500: '#f8db79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8db79;
$custom-light: #fde5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8db79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89565,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8DB79

secondary

#4163D4

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8DB79

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

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