#F8EC79#F8EC79

#F8EC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.137 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8EC79
RGB	rgb(248, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 51.2%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -10.59, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 57.55, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(92.98% -0.0316 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(92.98% 0.137 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.1601, 81.3302, 29.9826)
Luminance	0.8133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8EC79 #7985F8

analogous

#F8AD79 #F8EC79 #C4F879

triadic

#F8EC79 #79F8EC #EC79F8

tetradic

#F8EC79 #79F8AD #7985F8 #F879C4

square

#F8EC79 #79F8AD #7985F8 #F879C4

split-complementary

#F8EC79 #79C4F8 #AD79F8

monochromatic

#EAD50C #F5E43F #F8EC79 #FBF4B3 #FDFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F8EC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#F8EC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8EC79

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8EC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8EC79	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8ec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.137 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf1a2',
    500: '#f8ec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8ec79;
$custom-light: #fdf1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8ec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92977,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8EC79

secondary

#414FD4

accent

#16E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8EC79

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

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