#F8E979#F8E979

#F8E979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E979
RGB	rgb(248, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -9.10, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 56.40, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% -0.0273 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.3037, 79.6172, 29.6971)
Luminance	0.7962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E979 #7988F8

analogous

#F8A979 #F8E979 #C8F879

triadic

#F8E979 #79F8E9 #E979F8

tetradic

#F8E979 #79F8A9 #7988F8 #F879C8

square

#F8E979 #79F8A9 #7988F8 #F879C8

split-complementary

#F8E979 #79C8F8 #A979F8

monochromatic

#EAD00C #F5DF3F #F8E979 #FBF3B3 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F8E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#F8E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E979

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E979	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefa2',
    500: '#f8e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e979;
$custom-light: #fdefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9237,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E979

secondary

#4153D4

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E979

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

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