#F4E079#F4E079

#F4E079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.126 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E079
RGB	rgb(244, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 85%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 50.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -6.19, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 52.82, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.0187 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.126 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.4172, 73.9274, 28.8037)
Luminance	0.7392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E079 #798DF4

analogous

#F4A379 #F4E079 #CBF479

triadic

#F4E079 #79F4E0 #E079F4

tetradic

#F4E079 #79F4A3 #798DF4 #F479CB

square

#F4E079 #79F4A3 #798DF4 #F479CB

split-complementary

#F4E079 #79CBF4 #A379F4

monochromatic

#E0BF12 #EFD340 #F4E079 #F9EDB2 #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F4E079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#F4E079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E079

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E079	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.126 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae9a2',
    500: '#f4e079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e079;
$custom-light: #fae9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 84.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90209,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E079

secondary

#4259CF

accent

#28E104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E079

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

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