#F8DE6C#F8DE6C
#F8DE6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F8DE6C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(248, 222, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 91%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 56%, 97%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.5%, 2.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.58, -4.60, 58.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.58, 58.40, 94.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90% -0.0158 0.1356) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90% 0.137 96.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.5421, 73.2847, 24.7721) |
| Luminance | 0.7328 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 1.26
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 1.30
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 1.35
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.34
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.64
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F8DE6C #6C86F8
analogous
#F8986C #F8DE6C #CCF86C
triadic
#F8DE6C #6CF8DE #DE6CF8
tetradic
#F8DE6C #6CF898 #6C86F8 #F86CCC
square
#F8DE6C #6CF898 #6C86F8 #F86CCC
split-complementary
#F8DE6C #6CCCF8 #986CF8
monochromatic
#DFB80B #F5D132 #F8DE6C #FBEBA6 #FEF8E1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.34
#F8DE6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.66
#F8DE6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F8DE6C
15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F8DE6C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F8DE6C | 1.00 | 1.34 | 15.66 | 15.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F1D961
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F8E271
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFD0C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f8de6c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 222, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.137 96.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fde899',
500: '#f8de6c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f8de6c; $custom-light: #fde899; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f8de6c",
"rgb": {
"r": 248,
"g": 222,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.857,
"s": 90.909,
"l": 69.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90004,
"c": 0.13654,
"h": 96.6
},
"luminance": 0.73282
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F8DE6C
secondary
#3653D2
accent
#2BE600
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18160E
muted
#86847F