#F4DE72#F4DE72

#F4DE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4DE72
RGB	rgb(244, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 53.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -5.76, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 55.34, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0182 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.131 98)
XYZ	xyz(66.4691, 72.6932, 26.4463)
Luminance	0.7269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4DE72 #7288F4

analogous

#F49D72 #F4DE72 #C9F472

triadic

#F4DE72 #72F4DE #DE72F4

tetradic

#F4DE72 #72F49D #7288F4 #F472C9

square

#F4DE72 #72F49D #7288F4 #F472C9

split-complementary

#F4DE72 #72C9F4 #9D72F4

monochromatic

#DBB811 #F0D139 #F4DE72 #F8EBAB #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F4DE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#F4DE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4DE72

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4DE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4DE72	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4de72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.131 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae89d',
    500: '#f4de72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4de72;
$custom-light: #fae89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4de72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89719,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.72691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4DE72

secondary

#3C55CE

accent

#29E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4DE72

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

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