#F4CD2E#F4CD2E
#F4CD2E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.165 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F4CD2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(244, 205, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 90%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 81%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 81.1%, 4.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.49, -0.80, 76.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.49, 76.67, 90.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.75% -0.0112 0.1649) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.75% 0.165 93.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.6362, 63.0966, 11.6220) |
| Luminance | 0.6309 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.09
Gold
#FFD700
ΔE00 3.22
Sunflower Yellow
#FFDA03
ΔE00 3.82
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.27
Golden Yellow
#FEC615
ΔE00 4.35
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F4CD2E #2E55F4
analogous
#F46A2E #F4CD2E #B8F42E
triadic
#F4CD2E #2EF4CD #CD2EF4
tetradic
#F4CD2E #2EF46A #2E55F4 #F42EB8
square
#F4CD2E #2EF46A #2E55F4 #F42EB8
split-complementary
#F4CD2E #2EB8F4 #6A2EF4
monochromatic
#9F8208 #D9B10B #F4CD2E #F7DB68 #FAE9A2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#F4CD2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.62
#F4CD2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F4CD2E
13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F4CD2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F4CD2E | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.62 | 13.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4C900
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED53A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBCB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f4cd2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 205, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.165 93.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fddb76',
500: '#f4cd2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f4cd2e; $custom-light: #fddb76; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f4cd2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 244,
"g": 205,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.182,
"s": 90,
"l": 56.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85752,
"c": 0.16526,
"h": 93.9
},
"luminance": 0.63093
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F4CD2E
secondary
#253DA2
accent
#53FF29
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF1
border
#D7D4CB
text
#191409
muted
#87837D