#F4E281#F4E281

#F4E281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E281
RGB	rgb(244, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 84%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 47.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -6.49, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 49.79, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0188 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(68.4689, 75.2132, 31.6756)
Luminance	0.7521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E281 #8193F4

analogous

#F4A881 #F4E281 #CCF481

triadic

#F4E281 #81F4E2 #E281F4

tetradic

#F4E281 #81F4A8 #8193F4 #F481CC

square

#F4E281 #81F4A8 #8193F4 #F481CC

split-complementary

#F4E281 #81CCF4 #A881F4

monochromatic

#E6C614 #EFD549 #F4E281 #F9EFB9 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#F4E281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E281

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E281	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeaa7',
    500: '#f4e281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e281;
$custom-light: #faeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 83.942,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90719,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.75211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E281

secondary

#495ED0

accent

#27E005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E281

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

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