#F4E585#F4E585

#F4E585 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E585
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 83%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 45.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -7.63, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 49.03, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0217 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5629, 76.9674, 33.3776)
Luminance	0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E585 #8594F4

analogous

#F4AE85 #F4E585 #CCF485

triadic

#F4E585 #85F4E5 #E585F4

tetradic

#F4E585 #85F4AE #8594F4 #F485CC

square

#F4E585 #85F4AE #8594F4 #F485CC

split-complementary

#F4E585 #85CCF4 #AE85F4

monochromatic

#EACD15 #EFD94D #F4E585 #F9F1BD #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#F4E585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E585

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E585	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edaa',
    500: '#f4e585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e585;
$custom-light: #f9edaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 83.459,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9138,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E585

secondary

#4D5FD0

accent

#23E006

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E585

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

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