#F8E679#F8E679

#F8E679 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E679
RGB	rgb(248, 230, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -7.60, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 55.28, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.023 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.4616, 77.9331, 29.4165)
Luminance	0.7793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E679 #798BF8

analogous

#F8A779 #F8E679 #CBF879

triadic

#F8E679 #79F8E6 #E679F8

tetradic

#F8E679 #79F8A7 #798BF8 #F879CB

square

#F8E679 #79F8A7 #798BF8 #F879CB

split-complementary

#F8E679 #79CBF8 #A779F8

monochromatic

#EACB0C #F5DB3F #F8E679 #FBF1B3 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F8E679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#F8E679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E679

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E679	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 230, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeda2',
    500: '#f8e679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e679;
$custom-light: #fdeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91764,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E679

secondary

#4156D4

accent

#21E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E679

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

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