#F8F8DC#F8F8DC

#F8F8DC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.923; OKLCH L 97.2% C 0.037 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8F8DC
RGB	rgb(248, 248, 220)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 92%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.3%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.93, -4.66, 13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.93, 14.25, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(97.18% -0.0107 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(97.18% 0.037 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(85.1956, 92.2591, 81.0159)
Luminance	0.9226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8F8DC #DCDCF8

analogous

#F8EADC #F8F8DC #EAF8DC

triadic

#F8F8DC #DCF8F8 #F8DCF8

tetradic

#F8F8DC #DCF8EA #DCDCF8 #F8DCEA

square

#F8F8DC #DCF8EA #DCDCF8 #F8DCEA

split-complementary

#F8F8DC #DCEAF8 #EADCF8

monochromatic

#E4E476 #EEEEA9 #F8F8DC #FAFAE5 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.08

#F8F8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.45

#F8F8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8F8DC

19.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8F8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8F8DC	1.00	1.08	19.45	19.45
#FFFFFF	1.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDF5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEF7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDF4F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F6F6F6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8f8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 248, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(97.2% 0.037 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fafae6',
    500: '#f8f8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8f8dc;
$custom-light: #fafae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8f8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 91.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.97183,
    "c": 0.03658,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.92259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8F8DC

secondary

#9D9DDB

accent

#17CF17

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFFFC

border

#D7D7D5

text

#171716

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8F8DC

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

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