#F8E97C#F8E97C

#F8E97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8E97C
RGB	rgb(248, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 90%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 50%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -8.85, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 55.02, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0263 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.4905, 79.6920, 30.6811)
Luminance	0.7969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8E97C #7C8BF8

analogous

#F8AB7C #F8E97C #C9F87C

triadic

#F8E97C #7CF8E9 #E97CF8

tetradic

#F8E97C #7CF8AB #7C8BF8 #F87CC9

square

#F8E97C #7CF8AB #7C8BF8 #F87CC9

split-complementary

#F8E97C #7CC9F8 #AB7CF8

monochromatic

#EDD20D #F5DF42 #F8E97C #FBF3B6 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F8E97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#F8E97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8E97C

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8E97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8E97C	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8e97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefa4',
    500: '#f8e97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8e97c;
$custom-light: #fdefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8e97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 89.855,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92407,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8E97C

secondary

#4455D4

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8E97C

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

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