#F4E859#F4E859

#F4E859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.160 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E859
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 63.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -12.48, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 69.67, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0402 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.16 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.9706, 77.6701, 20.8607)
Luminance	0.7767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E859 #5965F4

analogous

#F49B59 #F4E859 #B2F459

triadic

#F4E859 #59F4E8 #E859F4

tetradic

#F4E859 #59F49B #5965F4 #F459B2

square

#F4E859 #59F49B #5965F4 #F459B2

split-complementary

#F4E859 #59B2F4 #9B59F4

monochromatic

#C6B70D #F0E020 #F4E859 #F8F092 #FCF8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#F4E859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E859

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E859	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.160 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbef8e',
    500: '#f4e859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e859;
$custom-light: #fbef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.355,
    "s": 87.571,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91493,
    "c": 0.16038,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E859

secondary

#2F3AC3

accent

#13E401

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E859

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

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