#F4E474#F4E474

#F4E474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E474
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 85%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 52.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.85, -8.61, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.85, 56.60, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0262 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.2062, 75.9833, 27.5931)
Luminance	0.7598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E474 #7484F4

analogous

#F4A474 #F4E474 #C4F474

triadic

#F4E474 #74F4E4 #E474F4

tetradic

#F4E474 #74F4A4 #7484F4 #F474C4

square

#F4E474 #74F4A4 #7484F4 #F474C4

split-complementary

#F4E474 #74C4F4 #A474F4

monochromatic

#DCC311 #F0D93B #F4E474 #F8EFAD #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F4E474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.20

#F4E474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E474

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E474	1.00	1.30	16.20	16.20
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faec9f',
    500: '#f4e474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e474;
$custom-light: #faec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 85.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90955,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E474

secondary

#3E50CE

accent

#1FE204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E474

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

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