#F4E16A#F4E16A

#F4E16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E16A
RGB	rgb(244, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(52, 86%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 56.6%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -7.88, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 60.01, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0252 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.8374, 74.1268, 24.4201)
Luminance	0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E16A #6A7DF4

analogous

#F49C6A #F4E16A #C2F46A

triadic

#F4E16A #6AF4E1 #E16AF4

tetradic

#F4E16A #6AF49C #6A7DF4 #F46AC2

square

#F4E16A #6AF49C #6A7DF4 #F46AC2

split-complementary

#F4E16A #6AC2F4 #9C6AF4

monochromatic

#D4B910 #F0D631 #F4E16A #F8ECA3 #FCF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F4E16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#F4E16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E16A

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E16A	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea98',
    500: '#f4e16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e16a;
$custom-light: #faea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 86.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90232,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E16A

secondary

#354ACD

accent

#22E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E16A

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

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