#F4E172#F4E172

#F4E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.133 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E172
RGB	rgb(244, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 53.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -7.27, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 56.41, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0226 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.133 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.2730, 74.3010, 26.7142)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E172 #7285F4

analogous

#F4A072 #F4E172 #C6F472

triadic

#F4E172 #72F4E1 #E172F4

tetradic

#F4E172 #72F4A0 #7285F4 #F472C6

square

#F4E172 #72F4A0 #7285F4 #F472C6

split-complementary

#F4E172 #72C6F4 #A072F4

monochromatic

#DBBD11 #F0D539 #F4E172 #F8EDAB #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F4E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#F4E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E172

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E172	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.133 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea9d',
    500: '#f4e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e172;
$custom-light: #faea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90324,
    "c": 0.13331,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E172

secondary

#3C51CE

accent

#24E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E172

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

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