#F8DC69#F8DC69

#F8DC69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.138 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8DC69
RGB	rgb(248, 220, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 91%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 57.7%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -3.81, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 59.09, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0139 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.138 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.8571, 72.1658, 23.7696)
Luminance	0.7216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8DC69 #6985F8

analogous

#F89569 #F8DC69 #CCF869

triadic

#F8DC69 #69F8DC #DC69F8

tetradic

#F8DC69 #69F895 #6985F8 #F869CC

square

#F8DC69 #69F895 #6985F8 #F869CC

split-complementary

#F8DC69 #69CCF8 #9569F8

monochromatic

#DCB30A #F5CE2F #F8DC69 #FBEAA3 #FDF7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F8DC69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#F8DC69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8DC69

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8DC69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8DC69	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8dc69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 220, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.138 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde697',
    500: '#f8dc69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8dc69;
$custom-light: #fde697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8dc69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 91.083,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89571,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8DC69

secondary

#3352D2

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8DC69

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

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