#F8DC72#F8DC72

#F8DC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.130 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8DC72
RGB	rgb(248, 220, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 54%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -3.14, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 55.03, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0109 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.13 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.3444, 72.3608, 26.3360)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8DC72 #728EF8

analogous

#F89972 #F8DC72 #D1F872

triadic

#F8DC72 #72F8DC #DC72F8

tetradic

#F8DC72 #72F899 #728EF8 #F872D1

square

#F8DC72 #72F899 #728EF8 #F872D1

split-complementary

#F8DC72 #72D1F8 #9972F8

monochromatic

#E4B70B #F5CE38 #F8DC72 #FBEAAC #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F8DC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#F8DC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8DC72

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8DC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8DC72	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8dc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 220, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.130 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde69d',
    500: '#f8dc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8dc72;
$custom-light: #fde69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8dc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89675,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8DC72

secondary

#3B5BD3

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8DC72

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

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