#F8E779#F8E779

#F8E779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E779
RGB	rgb(248, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -8.10, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 55.65, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(91.97% -0.0245 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(91.97% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.7407, 78.4913, 29.5095)
Luminance	0.7849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E779 #798AF8

analogous

#F8A879 #F8E779 #C9F879

triadic

#F8E779 #79F8E7 #E779F8

tetradic

#F8E779 #79F8A8 #798AF8 #F879C9

square

#F8E779 #79F8A8 #798AF8 #F879C9

split-complementary

#F8E779 #79C9F8 #A879F8

monochromatic

#EACD0C #F5DD3F #F8E779 #FBF1B3 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F8E779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#F8E779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E779

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E779	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdeea2',
    500: '#f8e779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e779;
$custom-light: #fdeea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91966,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E779

secondary

#4155D4

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E779

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

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