#F4D159#F4D159
#F4D159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.142 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F4D159 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(244, 209, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 88%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 64%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.5%, 4.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.77, -0.92, 62.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.77, 62.30, 90.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.85% -0.0072 0.142) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.85% 0.142 92.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.9148, 65.5586, 18.8421) |
| Luminance | 0.6555 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 0.53
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 0.99
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.65
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.10
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.00
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F4D159 #597CF4
analogous
#F48459 #F4D159 #C9F459
triadic
#F4D159 #59F4D1 #D159F4
tetradic
#F4D159 #59F484 #597CF4 #F459C9
square
#F4D159 #59F484 #597CF4 #F459C9
split-complementary
#F4D159 #59C9F4 #8459F4
monochromatic
#C69C0D #F0C120 #F4D159 #F8E192 #FCF1CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#F4D159 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.11
#F4D159 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F4D159
14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F4D159 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F4D159 | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.11 | 14.11 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CE4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED85F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC2B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f4d159; /* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 209, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.142 92.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fbde8d',
500: '#f4d159',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f4d159; $custom-light: #fbde8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f4d159",
"rgb": {
"r": 244,
"g": 209,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.452,
"s": 87.571,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86849,
"c": 0.14219,
"h": 92.9
},
"luminance": 0.65555
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F4D159
secondary
#2F50C3
accent
#35E401
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150C
muted
#86847F