#F8DC74#F8DC74

#F8DC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.128 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8DC74
RGB	rgb(248, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 53.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -2.98, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 54.11, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0102 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.128 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.4595, 72.4068, 26.9422)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8DC74 #7490F8

analogous

#F89A74 #F8DC74 #D2F874

triadic

#F8DC74 #74F8DC #DC74F8

tetradic

#F8DC74 #74F89A #7490F8 #F874D2

square

#F8DC74 #74F89A #7490F8 #F874D2

split-complementary

#F8DC74 #74D2F8 #9A74F8

monochromatic

#E6B80C #F5CD3A #F8DC74 #FBEBAE #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F8DC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#F8DC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8DC74

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8DC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8DC74	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8dc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.128 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde69e',
    500: '#f8dc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8dc74;
$custom-light: #fde69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8dc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.897,
    "c": 0.12776,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8DC74

secondary

#3D5DD3

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8DC74

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

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