#F4E174#F4E174

#F4E174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.131 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E174
RGB	rgb(244, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 52.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -7.11, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 55.50, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0219 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.131 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.3880, 74.3470, 27.3203)
Luminance	0.7434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E174 #7487F4

analogous

#F4A174 #F4E174 #C7F474

triadic

#F4E174 #74F4E1 #E174F4

tetradic

#F4E174 #74F4A1 #7487F4 #F474C7

square

#F4E174 #74F4A1 #7487F4 #F474C7

split-complementary

#F4E174 #74C7F4 #A174F4

monochromatic

#DCBE11 #F0D53B #F4E174 #F8EDAD #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F4E174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#F4E174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E174

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E174	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.131 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faea9f',
    500: '#f4e174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e174;
$custom-light: #faea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 85.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90348,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E174

secondary

#3E53CE

accent

#25E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E174

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

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