#F4E485#F4E485

#F4E485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.117 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E485
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 83%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 45.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.05, -7.13, 48.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.05, 48.64, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0202 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.117 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.2870, 76.4157, 33.2857)
Luminance	0.7641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E485 #8595F4

analogous

#F4AD85 #F4E485 #CDF485

triadic

#F4E485 #85F4E4 #E485F4

tetradic

#F4E485 #85F4AD #8595F4 #F485CD

square

#F4E485 #85F4AD #8595F4 #F485CD

split-complementary

#F4E485 #85CDF4 #AD85F4

monochromatic

#EACB15 #EFD84D #F4E485 #F9F0BD #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F4E485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#F4E485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E485

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E485	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.117 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecaa',
    500: '#f4e485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e485;
$custom-light: #f9ecaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 83.459,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91179,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E485

secondary

#4D60D0

accent

#25E006

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E485

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

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