#F4E685#F4E685

#F4E685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E685
RGB	rgb(244, 230, 133)
HSL	hsl(52, 83%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 45.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -8.13, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 49.42, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0231 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.8404, 77.5224, 33.4701)
Luminance	0.7752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E685 #8593F4

analogous

#F4AF85 #F4E685 #CBF485

triadic

#F4E685 #85F4E6 #E685F4

tetradic

#F4E685 #85F4AF #8593F4 #F485CB

square

#F4E685 #85F4AF #8593F4 #F485CB

split-complementary

#F4E685 #85CBF4 #AF85F4

monochromatic

#EACF15 #EFDA4D #F4E685 #F9F2BD #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#F4E685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E685

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E685	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 230, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edaa',
    500: '#f4e685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e685;
$custom-light: #f9edaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 83.459,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91582,
    "c": 0.11938,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E685

secondary

#4D5ED0

accent

#21E006

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E685

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

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