#F8E974#F8E974

#F8E974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E974
RGB	rgb(248, 233, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 53.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.46, -9.50, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.46, 58.68, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.029 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.0050, 79.4978, 28.1240)
Luminance	0.7950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E974 #7483F8

analogous

#F8A774 #F8E974 #C5F874

triadic

#F8E974 #74F8E9 #E974F8

tetradic

#F8E974 #74F8A7 #7483F8 #F874C5

square

#F8E974 #74F8A7 #7483F8 #F874C5

split-complementary

#F8E974 #74C5F8 #A774F8

monochromatic

#E6CD0C #F5E03A #F8E974 #FBF2AE #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F8E974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#F8E974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E974

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E974	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 233, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdef9f',
    500: '#f8e974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e974;
$custom-light: #fdef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 90.411,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9231,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E974

secondary

#3D4ED3

accent

#1AE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E974

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

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