#F8F996#F8F996

#F8F996 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.899; OKLCH L 96.0% C 0.122 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8F996
RGB	rgb(248, 249, 150)
HSL	hsl(61, 89%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 39.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.96, -14.28, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.96, 49.45, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(96.02% -0.0395 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(96.02% 0.122 109)
XYZ	xyz(78.0932, 89.9114, 42.0891)
Luminance	0.8991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F8F996 #9796F9

analogous

#F9C896 #F8F996 #C6F996

triadic

#F8F996 #96F8F9 #F996F8

tetradic

#F8F996 #96F9C8 #9796F9 #F996C6

square

#F8F996 #96F9C8 #9796F9 #F996C6

split-complementary

#F8F996 #96C6F9 #C896F9

monochromatic

#F0F222 #F4F65C #F8F996 #FCFCD0 #FDFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.11

#F8F996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.98

#F8F996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8F996

18.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8F996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8F996	1.00	1.11	18.98	18.98
#FFFFFF	1.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF18E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F3F3F3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8f996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 249, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.0% 0.122 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfbb6',
    500: '#f8f996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8f996;
$custom-light: #fcfbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8f996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.606,
    "s": 89.189,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96017,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.8991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8F996

secondary

#5C5AD9

accent

#00E602

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8F996

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

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