#F8EF99#F8EF99

#F8EF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.840; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.107 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8EF99
RGB	rgb(248, 239, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 38.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.45, -9.04, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.45, 43.63, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(94.04% -0.0243 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(94.04% 0.107 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.3289, 83.9913, 42.3746)
Luminance	0.8399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8EF99 #99A2F8

analogous

#F8BF99 #F8EF99 #D1F899

triadic

#F8EF99 #99F8EF #EF99F8

tetradic

#F8EF99 #99F8BF #99A2F8 #F899D1

square

#F8EF99 #99F8BF #99A2F8 #F899D1

split-complementary

#F8EF99 #99D1F8 #BF99F8

monochromatic

#F0DD26 #F4E660 #F8EF99 #FCF8D2 #FDFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F8EF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.80

#F8EF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8EF99

17.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8EF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8EF99	1.00	1.18	17.80	17.80
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8ef99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 239, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.107 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4b8',
    500: '#f8ef99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8ef99;
$custom-light: #fcf4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8ef99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.316,
    "s": 87.156,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94035,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.83989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8EF99

secondary

#5D69D8

accent

#17E402

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8EF99

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

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