#F8EF9D#F8EF9D

#F8EF9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.841; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.103 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8EF9D
RGB	rgb(248, 239, 157)
HSL	hsl(54, 87%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 36.7%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.51, -8.61, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.51, 41.68, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(94.1% -0.0227 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(94.1% 0.103 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.6648, 84.1257, 44.1438)
Luminance	0.8412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8EF9D #9DA6F8

analogous

#F8C29D #F8EF9D #D4F89D

triadic

#F8EF9D #9DF8EF #EF9DF8

tetradic

#F8EF9D #9DF8C2 #9DA6F8 #F89DD4

square

#F8EF9D #9DF8C2 #9DA6F8 #F89DD4

split-complementary

#F8EF9D #9DD4F8 #C29DF8

monochromatic

#F0DC2B #F4E664 #F8EF9D #FCF8D6 #FDFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F8EF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.82

#F8EF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8EF9D

17.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8EF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8EF9D	1.00	1.18	17.82	17.82
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8ef9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 239, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.103 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4bb',
    500: '#f8ef9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8ef9d;
$custom-light: #fcf4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8ef9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.066,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94101,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.84124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8EF9D

secondary

#616DD8

accent

#19E302

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8EF9D

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

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