#F8F8B6

A very light, vivid yellow closely aligning with Palegoldenrod.

About #F8F8B6

Visually, #F8F8B6 is defined as a vivid yellow. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Palegoldenrod. Its digital footprint relies on 248 parts red, 248 parts green, and 182 parts blue light.

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 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 60.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a very 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#F8F8B6
RGB248, 248, 182
HSL60.0°, 82.5%, 84.3%
CMYK0%, 0%, 27%, 3%
HSV60.0°, 26.6%, 97.3%
LAB96.2, -10.1, 31.8
XYZ80.7, 90.5, 57.5
Decimal16316598

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.10:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
19.09:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.05:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
16.23:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #F8F8B6; }
.text-color { color: #F8F8B6; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #F8F8B6; }

Similar Colors

Palegoldenrod
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