#F8E579#F8E579

#F8E579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E579
RGB	rgb(248, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -7.10, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 54.92, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0216 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.1841, 77.3782, 29.3240)
Luminance	0.7738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E579 #798CF8

analogous

#F8A679 #F8E579 #CBF879

triadic

#F8E579 #79F8E5 #E579F8

tetradic

#F8E579 #79F8A6 #798CF8 #F879CB

square

#F8E579 #79F8A6 #798CF8 #F879CB

split-complementary

#F8E579 #79CBF8 #A679F8

monochromatic

#EAC90C #F5DA3F #F8E579 #FBF0B3 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F8E579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#F8E579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E579

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E579	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeda2',
    500: '#f8e579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e579;
$custom-light: #fdeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91563,
    "c": 0.13053,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E579

secondary

#4157D4

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E579

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

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