#F4E487#F4E487

#F4E487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.115 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E487
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 83%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 44.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -6.93, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 47.69, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0195 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.115 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.4265, 76.4715, 34.0203)
Luminance	0.7647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E487 #8797F4

analogous

#F4AE87 #F4E487 #CDF487

triadic

#F4E487 #87F4E4 #E487F4

tetradic

#F4E487 #87F4AE #8797F4 #F487CD

square

#F4E487 #87F4AE #8797F4 #F487CD

split-complementary

#F4E487 #87CDF4 #AE87F4

monochromatic

#EACB17 #EFD74F #F4E487 #F9F1BF #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F4E487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#F4E487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E487

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E487	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.115 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecab',
    500: '#f4e487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e487;
$custom-light: #f9ecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 83.206,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91207,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E487

secondary

#4F62D0

accent

#26E006

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E487

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

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