#F8DC6E#F8DC6E
#F8DC6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.133 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F8DC6E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(248, 220, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 91%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 56%, 97%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 55.6%, 2.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.10, -3.45, 56.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.10, 56.85, 93.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(89.63% -0.0122 0.1327) |
| OKLCH | oklch(89.63% 0.133 95.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.1217, 72.2717, 25.1631) |
| Luminance | 0.7227 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 1.03
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 1.73
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.91
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.24
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.29
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 2.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F8DC6E #6E8AF8
analogous
#F8976E #F8DC6E #CFF86E
triadic
#F8DC6E #6EF8DC #DC6EF8
tetradic
#F8DC6E #6EF897 #6E8AF8 #F86ECF
square
#F8DC6E #6EF897 #6E8AF8 #F86ECF
split-complementary
#F8DC6E #6ECFF8 #976EF8
monochromatic
#E1B50B #F5CE34 #F8DC6E #FBEAA8 #FEF8E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.36
#F8DC6E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.45
#F8DC6E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F8DC6E
15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F8DC6E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F8DC6E | 1.00 | 1.36 | 15.45 | 15.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.36 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD863
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6E173
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFCEC3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f8dc6e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 220, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.133 95.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fde69b',
500: '#f8dc6e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f8dc6e; $custom-light: #fde69b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f8dc6e",
"rgb": {
"r": 248,
"g": 220,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.826,
"s": 90.789,
"l": 70.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.89628,
"c": 0.13321,
"h": 95.3
},
"luminance": 0.72269
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F8DC6E
secondary
#3857D3
accent
#2FE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18150E
muted
#86847F