#F8E079#F8E079

#F8E079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.126 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E079
RGB	rgb(248, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.23, -4.59, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.23, 53.14, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0143 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.126 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.8206, 74.6510, 28.8694)
Luminance	0.7465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E079 #7991F8

analogous

#F8A079 #F8E079 #D1F879

triadic

#F8E079 #79F8E0 #E079F8

tetradic

#F8E079 #79F8A0 #7991F8 #F879D1

square

#F8E079 #79F8A0 #7991F8 #F879D1

split-complementary

#F8E079 #79D1F8 #A079F8

monochromatic

#EAC00C #F5D33F #F8E079 #FBEDB3 #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F8E079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#F8E079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E079

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E079	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.126 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fde9a2',
    500: '#f8e079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e079;
$custom-light: #fde9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90561,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E079

secondary

#415DD4

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E079

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →