#F8F972#F8F972

#F8F972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.889; OKLCH L 95.6% C 0.157 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8F972
RGB	rgb(248, 249, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.55, -17.49, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.55, 65.87, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(95.56% -0.052 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(95.56% 0.157 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.6263, 88.9246, 29.0967)
Luminance	0.8892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8F972 #7372F9

analogous

#F9B672 #F8F972 #B4F972

triadic

#F8F972 #72F8F9 #F972F8

tetradic

#F8F972 #72F9B6 #7372F9 #F972B4

square

#F8F972 #72F9B6 #7372F9 #F972B4

split-complementary

#F8F972 #72B4F9 #B672F9

monochromatic

#E5E70A #F5F737 #F8F972 #FBFBAD #FEFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#F8F972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.78

#F8F972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8F972

18.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8F972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8F972	1.00	1.12	18.78	18.78
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8f972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 249, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.6% 0.157 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdfb9f',
    500: '#f8f972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8f972;
$custom-light: #fdfb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8f972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95557,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.88923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8F972

secondary

#3C3BD4

accent

#00E602

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8F972

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

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