#F4CD4E#F4CD4E
#F4CD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.148 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F4CD4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(244, 205, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 88%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 68%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 68%, 4.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.68, 0.50, 65.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.68, 65.74, 89.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.96% -0.0043 0.1476) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.96% 0.148 91.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.5179, 63.4493, 16.2656) |
| Luminance | 0.6345 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.01
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.35
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.62
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.40
Golden Yellow
#FEC615
ΔE00 4.98
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F4CD4E #4E75F4
analogous
#F47A4E #F4CD4E #C8F44E
triadic
#F4CD4E #4EF4CD #CD4EF4
tetradic
#F4CD4E #4EF47A #4E75F4 #F44EC8
square
#F4CD4E #4EF47A #4E75F4 #F44EC8
split-complementary
#F4CD4E #4EC8F4 #7A4EF4
monochromatic
#BC930C #F0BD14 #F4CD4E #F8DD88 #FBEEC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.53
#F4CD4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.69
#F4CD4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F4CD4E
13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F4CD4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F4CD4E | 1.00 | 1.53 | 13.69 | 13.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CA3D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD554
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f4cd4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 205, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.148 91.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fcdb86',
500: '#f4cd4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f4cd4e; $custom-light: #fcdb86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f4cd4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 244,
"g": 205,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.904,
"s": 88.298,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85958,
"c": 0.14767,
"h": 91.7
},
"luminance": 0.63446
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F4CD4E
secondary
#2C4DBA
accent
#36E501
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF3
border
#D7D4CD
text
#18150C
muted
#86847F