#F8D35F

A light, vivid yellow closely aligning with Khaki.

About #F8D35F

Visually, #F8D35F is defined as a vivid yellow. Designers often compare it to the standard color Khaki. In the RGB color space, it consists of 248 red, 211 green, and 95 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 15% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 45.5° hue, 91.6% saturation, and 67.3% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#F8D35F
RGB248, 211, 95
HSL45.5°, 91.6%, 67.3%
CMYK0%, 15%, 62%, 3%
HSV45.5°, 61.7%, 97.3%
LAB85.7, 0.1, 60.8
XYZ64.1, 67.4, 20.5
Decimal16307039

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.45:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
14.47:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.39:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
12.30:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F8D35F; }
.text-color { color: #F8D35F; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #F8D35F; }

Similar Colors

Khaki
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