#F8DC79#F8DC79

#F8DC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.123 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8DC79
RGB	rgb(248, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -2.57, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 51.80, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0085 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.123 94)
XYZ	xyz(67.7582, 72.5263, 28.5153)
Luminance	0.7252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8DC79 #7995F8

analogous

#F89D79 #F8DC79 #D4F879

triadic

#F8DC79 #79F8DC #DC79F8

tetradic

#F8DC79 #79F89D #7995F8 #F879D4

square

#F8DC79 #79F89D #7995F8 #F879D4

split-complementary

#F8DC79 #79D4F8 #9D79F8

monochromatic

#EAB90C #F5CD3F #F8DC79 #FBEBB3 #FDF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F8DC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#F8DC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8DC79

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8DC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8DC79	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8dc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.123 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde6a2',
    500: '#f8dc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8dc79;
$custom-light: #fde6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8dc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89764,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.72523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8DC79

secondary

#4162D4

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8DC79

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

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