#F8DC4F#F8DC4F

#F8DC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.158 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8DC4F
RGB	rgb(248, 220, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 92%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -5.41, 69.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 69.92, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0214 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.158 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7190, 71.7106, 17.7755)
Luminance	0.7171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8DC4F #4F6BF8

analogous

#F8884F #F8DC4F #C0F84F

triadic

#F8DC4F #4FF8DC #DC4FF8

tetradic

#F8DC4F #4FF888 #4F6BF8 #F84FC0

square

#F8DC4F #4FF888 #4F6BF8 #F84FC0

split-complementary

#F8DC4F #4FC0F8 #884FF8

monochromatic

#C5A508 #F6D014 #F8DC4F #FAE88A #FDF3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F8DC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#F8DC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8DC4F

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8DC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8DC4F	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8dc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 220, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.158 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee688',
    500: '#f8dc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8dc4f;
$custom-light: #fee688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8dc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.059,
    "s": 92.35,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89327,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8DC4F

secondary

#2A43C2

accent

#26E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8DC4F

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

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