#F4E959#F4E959

#F4E959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.161 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E959
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 63.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -12.97, 68.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 70.03, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.7% -0.0416 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(91.7% 0.161 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.2528, 78.2346, 20.9548)
Luminance	0.7823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E959 #5964F4

analogous

#F49B59 #F4E959 #B1F459

triadic

#F4E959 #59F4E9 #E959F4

tetradic

#F4E959 #59F49B #5964F4 #F459B1

square

#F4E959 #59F49B #5964F4 #F459B1

split-complementary

#F4E959 #59B1F4 #9B59F4

monochromatic

#C6B80D #F0E120 #F4E959 #F8F192 #FCF8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F4E959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#F4E959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E959

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E959	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.161 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbef8e',
    500: '#f4e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e959;
$custom-light: #fbef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.742,
    "s": 87.571,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91698,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E959

secondary

#2F39C3

accent

#11E401

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E959

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

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