#F8EC99#F8EC99

#F8EC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.822; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.104 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8EC99
RGB	rgb(248, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.68, -7.55, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.68, 42.38, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(93.43% -0.02 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(93.43% 0.104 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.4579, 82.2493, 42.0843)
Luminance	0.8225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8EC99 #99A5F8

analogous

#F8BC99 #F8EC99 #D4F899

triadic

#F8EC99 #99F8EC #EC99F8

tetradic

#F8EC99 #99F8BC #99A5F8 #F899D4

square

#F8EC99 #99F8BC #99A5F8 #F899D4

split-complementary

#F8EC99 #99D4F8 #BC99F8

monochromatic

#F0D726 #F4E160 #F8EC99 #FCF7D2 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#F8EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.45

#F8EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8EC99

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8EC99	1.00	1.20	17.45	17.45
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEEC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.104 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf2b8',
    500: '#f8ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8ec99;
$custom-light: #fcf2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.421,
    "s": 87.156,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93432,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.82247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8EC99

secondary

#5D6DD8

accent

#1EE402

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8EC99

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

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