#F4E279#F4E279

#F4E279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E279
RGB	rgb(244, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 85%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -7.20, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 53.55, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0216 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.9579, 75.0088, 28.9839)
Luminance	0.7501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E279 #798BF4

analogous

#F4A579 #F4E279 #C8F479

triadic

#F4E279 #79F4E2 #E279F4

tetradic

#F4E279 #79F4A5 #798BF4 #F479C8

square

#F4E279 #79F4A5 #798BF4 #F479C8

split-complementary

#F4E279 #79C8F4 #A579F4

monochromatic

#E0C212 #EFD640 #F4E279 #F9EEB2 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#F4E279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E279

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E279	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeaa2',
    500: '#f4e279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e279;
$custom-light: #faeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 84.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90613,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E279

secondary

#4257CF

accent

#25E104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E279

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

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