#F4DC74#F4DC74

#F4DC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.127 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4DC74
RGB	rgb(244, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 52.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -4.59, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 53.73, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0146 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.127 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0561, 71.6832, 26.8764)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4DC74 #748CF4

analogous

#F49C74 #F4DC74 #CCF474

triadic

#F4DC74 #74F4DC #DC74F4

tetradic

#F4DC74 #74F49C #748CF4 #F474CC

square

#F4DC74 #74F49C #748CF4 #F474CC

split-complementary

#F4DC74 #74CCF4 #9C74F4

monochromatic

#DCB611 #F0CE3B #F4DC74 #F8EAAD #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F4DC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#F4DC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4DC74

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4DC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4DC74	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4dc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.127 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae69e',
    500: '#f4dc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4dc74;
$custom-light: #fae69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4dc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 85.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89342,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4DC74

secondary

#3E59CE

accent

#2DE204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4DC74

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

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