#F4E972#F4E972

#F4E972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.141 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E972
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 86%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 53.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.11, -11.26, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.11, 59.40, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.034 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.141 104)
XYZ	xyz(69.4865, 78.7281, 27.4521)
Luminance	0.7873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E972 #727DF4

analogous

#F4A872 #F4E972 #BEF472

triadic

#F4E972 #72F4E9 #E972F4

tetradic

#F4E972 #72F4A8 #727DF4 #F472BE

square

#F4E972 #72F4A8 #727DF4 #F472BE

split-complementary

#F4E972 #72BEF4 #A872F4

monochromatic

#DBC911 #F0E039 #F4E972 #F8F2AB #FDFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#F4E972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E972

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E972	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.141 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faef9e',
    500: '#f4e972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e972;
$custom-light: #faef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 85.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91948,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.78726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E972

secondary

#3C48CE

accent

#16E203

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E972

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

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