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#f8fd46

a balanced, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Yellow

Token name suggestion: Signal Straw

RGB
248, 253, 70
HSL
62°, 98%, 63%
CMYK
2, 0, 72, 1
Luminance
0.9065

#f8fd46 is a balanced electric yellow, 62° on the wheel and 26/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (19.13:1). As text it scores 1.10:1 on white — use #777B01 instead. Nearest name is Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(62 98% 63%)rgb(248 253 70)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f8fd46 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f8fd46
Hue
62°
yellow
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
63%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.9065
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
26/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
19.13:1
Closest name
Yellow
ΔE2000 3.1
Chroma
84.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.960
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 18.3
Web-safe
#FFFF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue62° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness63%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f8fd46.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool26% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red22%
Green77%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#f8fd46
HEX (8-digit)#f8fd46ff
RGBrgb(248, 253, 70)
RGBArgba(248, 253, 70, 1)
HSLhsl(62, 98%, 63%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62, 72%, 99%)
HWBhwb(62 27% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 0%, 72%, 1%)
LABlab(96.3 -22.0 81.1)
LCHlch(96.3 84.0 105.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.960 0.192 111.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(74.94, 90.65, 19.34)
Decimal16317766
Display P3color(display-p3 0.973 0.992 0.275)
Web-safe#FFFF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f8fd46;
background-color: #f8fd46;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f8fd46;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f8fd46] bg-[#f8fd46]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f8fd46;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.973, green: 0.992, blue: 0.275)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.973, green: 0.992, blue: 0.275, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F8FD46</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF8FD46)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF8FD46)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(70, 253, 248)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(248, 253, 70)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(248, 253, 70)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 248, 253, 70)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9725f, 0.9922f, 0.2745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{248,253,70}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f8fd46 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f8fd46 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7B7E01, #EDEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f8fd46 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDFDF1;
  --brand-100: #FBFCE3;
  --brand-200: #F9FBC1;
  --brand-300: #FBFE90;
  --brand-400: #f8fd46;
  --brand-500: #F7FD21;
  --brand-600: #ECF203;
  --brand-700: #C5CA02;
  --brand-800: #9DA102;
  --brand-900: #717406;
  --brand-950: #474904;
  --brand: #f8fd46;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #EBEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #F7FD22;
  --brand-pressed: #F2F903;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242414;
    --brand-ink: #EDEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDFDF1',
        100: '#FBFCE3',
        200: '#F9FBC1',
        300: '#FBFE90',
        400: '#f8fd46',
        500: '#F7FD21',
        600: '#ECF203',
        700: '#C5CA02',
        800: '#9DA102',
        900: '#717406',
        950: '#474904',
        DEFAULT: '#f8fd46',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDFDF1,
  '100': #FBFCE3,
  '200': #F9FBC1,
  '300': #FBFE90,
  '400': #f8fd46,
  '500': #F7FD21,
  '600': #ECF203,
  '700': #C5CA02,
  '800': #9DA102,
  '900': #717406,
  '950': #474904,
);
$brand-base: #f8fd46;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDFDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBFCE3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F9FBC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FBFE90", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#f8fd46", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F7FD21", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#ECF203", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C5CA02", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9DA102", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#717406", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#474904", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #f8fd46 · 19.13:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.10:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 19.13:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f8fd46 as text scores 1.10:1 on white and 19.13:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7B7E01 at 3.96:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#777B01 · 4.55:1
AA on white−39% L
#777B01
The quick fox
#5A5C01 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−45% L
#5A5C01
The quick fox
#f8fd46 · 19.13:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f8fd46
The quick fox
#f8fd46 · 19.13:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f8fd46

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #959902 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f8fd46 on white: 1.10:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f8fd46 on black: 19.13:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f8fd46 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f8fd46.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.10:1AaAa
Slate 501.05:1AaAa
Slate 1001.00:1AaAa
Slate 2001.12:1AaAa
Slate 3001.35:1AaAa
Slate 4002.34:1AaAa
Slate 5004.34:1AaAa
Slate 6006.90:1AaAa
Slate 7009.43:1AaAa
Slate 80013.33:1AaAa
Slate 90016.26:1AaAa
Black19.13:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFF21F
deuteranopia · #FFF755
tritanopia · #FFEDDA

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #f8fd46 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDFDF1
#FBFCE3
#F9FBC1
#FBFE90
#f8fd46
#F7FD21
#ECF203
#C5CA02
#9DA102
#717406
#474904
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FDFDF1Darkest = 950 · #474904Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.048 111.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.077 111.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.115 111.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.149 111.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.176 111.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.192 111.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.192 111.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.180 111.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.161 111.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.134 111.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.105 111.1);
}

Colors that work with #f8fd46

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#EBEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#999B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#446EFF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7B7E01
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEFFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242414
Dark-mode background
Hover#F7FD22
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F2F903
Two steps down
Disabled#E1E2D1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FBFF58
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f8fd46

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #7B7E01
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #959902

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight37/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#4B46FD
Analogous left#FDA646
Analogous right#9DFD46
Split-complement 1#469DFD
Split-complement 2#A646FD
Triadic 1#46F8FD
Triadic 2#FD46F8
Tetradic#46FDA6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°62°

#f8fd46 sits at 62°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red97.3%
Green99.2%
Blue27.5%
R · 0–255
248
0xf8
G · 0–255
253
0xfd
B · 0–255
70
0x46

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow72.3%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 75%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f8fd46 text on a black background

contrast 19.13:1

Card sample

#f8fd46 text on a white background

contrast 1.10:1

Card sample

#f8fd46 on grey

1.00:1

#f8fd46 on its own surface

1.05:1

#f8fd46 on its dark surface

14.30:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f8fd46;
Background color
Panel with #f8fd46 background
background-color: #f8fd46;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f8fd46;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(248, 253, 70, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(248, 253, 70, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f8fd46;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8fd46, #7EFD46);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f8fd46, #50FD46);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f8fd46;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f8fd46;
caret-color: #f8fd46;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f8fd46;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEFFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f8fd46;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f8fd46 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f8fd46 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(248, 253, 70, 0.5)
rgb(248 253 70 / 50%)
#f8fd4680
hsl(62 98% 63% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f8fd46 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f8fd461a#FEFFED
20%#f8fd4633#FEFFDA
40%#f8fd4666#FCFEB5
60%#f8fd4699#FBFE90
80%#f8fd46cc#F9FD6B

Gradients from #f8fd46

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAFE82, #f8fd46 45%, #7B7E01);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f8fd46, #57FD28);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f8fd46, #4B46FD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCFEA1 0%, #f8fd46 45%, #7B7E01 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEB378 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A0FD64 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7B7E01 0%, transparent 65%), #f8fd46;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f8fd46

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#f8fd46 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 19.13:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#f8fd46, answered

What color is #f8fd46?

#f8fd46 is a balanced electric yellow, closest to Yellow (ΔE2000 3.1). It sits at 62° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 63% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f8fd46?

rgb(248, 253, 70) — 248 red, 253 green and 70 blue out of 255, or 97.3% / 99.2% / 27.5% by channel.

What is #f8fd46 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(62, 98%, 63%) and hsv(62, 72%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f8fd46 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.9065 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 19.13:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f8fd46?

Black. It scores 19.13:1 against #f8fd46, versus 1.10:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f8fd46 accessible on a white background?

#f8fd46 on white scores 1.10:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #777B01 to reach 4.5:1, or #5A5C01 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f8fd46?

#4B46FD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #469DFD and #A646FD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f8fd46?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #EBEDC0 for borders, #999B4B for secondary text, #446EFF as an accent and #7B7E01 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FDA646 and #9DFD46 stays calm, while #4B46FD is the loudest partner.

What is #f8fd46 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(2%, 0%, 72%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #f8fd46 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 26 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FDC446; nudged cooler, #B5FF44.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f8fd46?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 18.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f8fd46 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f8fd46 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f8fd46] or text-[#f8fd46], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #f8fd46 with 50% opacity?

rgba(248, 253, 70, 0.5), or #f8fd4680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FCFEA3; over black, #7C7F23.

Is #f8fd46 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFF33, ΔE2000 1.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f8fd46 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f8fd46?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAFE82, #f8fd46 45%, #7B7E01). For more colour, a short hue run to #57FD28 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f8fd46 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f8fd46 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.