HEX atlas value

#F8F3D3

#F8F3D3 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Light Goldenrod Yellow. RGB 248, 243, 211, HSL 52° 73% 90%, luminance 0.8876; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light pastel

#F8F3D3 Sample readable text

HEX #F8F3D3

RGB rgb(248, 243, 211)

HSL hsl(52 73% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 2, 15, 3)

Luminance 0.8876

Contrast Black 18.75:1White 1.12:1

CSS

--color-f8f3d3: #F8F3D3;
.background-f8f3d3 { background-color: #F8F3D3; }
.text-f8f3d3 { color: #F8F3D3; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F8F3D3

#F8F3D3 is classified as a warm yellow value with light and pastel visual character. #F8F3D3 is visually closest to Light Goldenrod Yellow, a named yellow color with HEX #FAFAD2.

The RGB channels are 248, 243, and 211, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 52deg with 73% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.8876, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.35, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text18.75:1AA Pass

White text1.12:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F8F3D3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000018.75:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.12:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Light Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2 · #000000 text · best 19.67:1 #FEF7CD#FEF7CD · #000000 text · best 19.4:1 Beige#F5F5DC · #000000 text · best 18.98:1 #EAF8D3#EAF8D3 · #000000 text · best 18.87:1

Generated Palette

#F8F3D3#F8F3D3

#D3D8F8#D3D8F8

#F8E1D3#F8E1D3

#EAF8D3#EAF8D3

White#FFFFFF

#ECDE83#ECDE83

Color Harmonies

#D3D8F8#D3D8F8

#F8E1D3#F8E1D3

#EAF8D3#EAF8D3

#D3F8F3#D3F8F3

#F3D3F8#F3D3F8

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#ECDE83#ECDE83

#FEF7CD#FEF7CD

#F3EFD8#F3EFD8

White#FFFFFF

#FFFEF5#FFFEF5

Nearest Named Colors

Light Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2

Papaya Whip#FFEFD5

Antique White#FAEBD7

Canvas#F4EBD0

Beige#F5F5DC

Luminance0.8876

Black text18.75:1AA Pass

White text1.12:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#F8F3D3","rgb":[248,243,211],"hsl":[52,73,90],"cmyk":[0,2,15,3],"luminance":0.8876,"contrast":{"black":18.75,"white":1.12}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":18.75,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.12,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Light Goldenrod Yellow","hex":"#FAFAD2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.67,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FEF7CD","hex":"#FEF7CD","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.4,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.98,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EAF8D3","hex":"#EAF8D3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.87,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","pastel","light yellow","pastel yellow","Light Goldenrod Yellow adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f8f3d3.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-goldenrod-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/papaya-whip.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/antique-white.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D3D8F8","analogous":["#F8E1D3","#EAF8D3"],"triadic":["#D3F8F3","#F3D3F8"],"tetradic":["#D3F8E1","#D3D8F8","#F8D3EA"],"splitComplementary":["#D3EAF8","#E1D3F8"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F8F3D3","#ECDE83"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#ECDE83","saturated":"#FEF7CD","desaturated":"#F3EFD8","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFEF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-goldenrod-yellow","name":"Light Goldenrod Yellow","hex":"#FAFAD2","distance":7.3484692283495345},{"slug":"papaya-whip","name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","distance":8.306623862918075},{"slug":"antique-white","name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","distance":9.16515138991168},{"slug":"canvas","name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","distance":9.433981132056603},{"slug":"beige","name":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","distance":9.695359714832659}]

#F8F3D3

CSS

About #F8F3D3

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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