#F8EC72#F8EC72

#F8EC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.143 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8EC72
RGB	rgb(248, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 91%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 54%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.20, -11.14, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.20, 60.71, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(92.9% -0.0339 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(92.9% 0.143 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.7464, 81.1647, 27.8034)
Luminance	0.8116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8EC72 #727EF8

analogous

#F8A972 #F8EC72 #C1F872

triadic

#F8EC72 #72F8EC #EC72F8

tetradic

#F8EC72 #72F8A9 #727EF8 #F872C1

square

#F8EC72 #72F8A9 #727EF8 #F872C1

split-complementary

#F8EC72 #72C1F8 #A972F8

monochromatic

#E4D10B #F5E438 #F8EC72 #FBF4AC #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F8EC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.23

#F8EC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8EC72

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8EC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8EC72	1.00	1.22	17.23	17.23
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8ec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.143 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf19e',
    500: '#f8ec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8ec72;
$custom-light: #fdf19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8ec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 90.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92895,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8EC72

secondary

#3B49D3

accent

#15E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8EC72

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

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