#F8E972#F8E972

#F8E972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.141 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E972
RGB	rgb(248, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 54%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.44, -9.66, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.44, 59.58, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0297 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.141 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.8899, 79.4517, 27.5179)
Luminance	0.7945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E972 #7281F8

analogous

#F8A672 #F8E972 #C4F872

triadic

#F8E972 #72F8E9 #E972F8

tetradic

#F8E972 #72F8A6 #7281F8 #F872C4

square

#F8E972 #72F8A6 #7281F8 #F872C4

split-complementary

#F8E972 #72C4F8 #A672F8

monochromatic

#E4CC0B #F5E038 #F8E972 #FBF2AC #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F8E972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#F8E972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E972

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E972	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.141 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdef9e',
    500: '#f8e972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e972;
$custom-light: #fdef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92287,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E972

secondary

#3B4CD3

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E972

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

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