#F4E979#F4E979

#F4E979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.134 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E979
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 85%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 50.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -10.69, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 56.22, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0317 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.134 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.9003, 78.8936, 29.6314)
Luminance	0.7889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E979 #7984F4

analogous

#F4AC79 #F4E979 #C2F479

triadic

#F4E979 #79F4E9 #E979F4

tetradic

#F4E979 #79F4AC #7984F4 #F479C2

square

#F4E979 #79F4AC #7984F4 #F479C2

split-complementary

#F4E979 #79C2F4 #AC79F4

monochromatic

#E0CE12 #EFE040 #F4E979 #F9F2B2 #FDFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#F4E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E979

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E979	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.134 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faefa2',
    500: '#f4e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e979;
$custom-light: #faefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 84.828,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92032,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E979

secondary

#424FCF

accent

#18E104

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E979

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

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