#F4E179#F4E179

#F4E179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E179
RGB	rgb(244, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 85%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 50.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -6.70, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 53.18, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0202 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.6867, 74.4665, 28.8935)
Luminance	0.7446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E179 #798CF4

analogous

#F4A479 #F4E179 #CAF479

triadic

#F4E179 #79F4E1 #E179F4

tetradic

#F4E179 #79F4A4 #798CF4 #F479CA

square

#F4E179 #79F4A4 #798CF4 #F479CA

split-complementary

#F4E179 #79CAF4 #A479F4

monochromatic

#E0C012 #EFD440 #F4E179 #F9EEB2 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F4E179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#F4E179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E179

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E179	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeaa2',
    500: '#f4e179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e179;
$custom-light: #faeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 84.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90411,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E179

secondary

#4258CF

accent

#26E104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E179

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

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