#F4E479#F4E479

#F4E479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E479
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 85%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 50.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.91, -8.20, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.91, 54.30, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0245 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.5049, 76.1028, 29.1662)
Luminance	0.7610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E479 #7989F4

analogous

#F4A779 #F4E479 #C7F479

triadic

#F4E479 #79F4E4 #E479F4

tetradic

#F4E479 #79F4A7 #7989F4 #F479C7

square

#F4E479 #79F4A7 #7989F4 #F479C7

split-complementary

#F4E479 #79C7F4 #A779F4

monochromatic

#E0C512 #EFD940 #F4E479 #F9EFB2 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F4E479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#F4E479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E479

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E479	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeca2',
    500: '#f4e479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e479;
$custom-light: #faeca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 84.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91017,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E479

secondary

#4255CF

accent

#21E104

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E479

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

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