#F4DC59#F4DC59

#F4DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.150 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4DC59
RGB	rgb(244, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -6.50, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 65.61, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.0232 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.15 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.7074, 71.1437, 19.7730)
Luminance	0.7114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4DC59 #5971F4

analogous

#F48F59 #F4DC59 #BEF459

triadic

#F4DC59 #59F4DC #DC59F4

tetradic

#F4DC59 #59F48F #5971F4 #F459BE

square

#F4DC59 #59F48F #5971F4 #F459BE

split-complementary

#F4DC59 #59BEF4 #8F59F4

monochromatic

#C6A90D #F0D020 #F4DC59 #F8E892 #FCF4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F4DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#F4DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4DC59

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4DC59	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.150 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbe68d',
    500: '#f4dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4dc59;
$custom-light: #fbe68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.71,
    "s": 87.571,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89051,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4DC59

secondary

#2F46C3

accent

#24E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4DC59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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