#F4EC55#F4EC55

#F4EC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.167 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4EC55
RGB	rgb(244, 236, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 65.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.63, -14.68, 71.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.63, 72.67, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(92.28% -0.0468 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(92.28% 0.167 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.9459, 79.8822, 20.3796)
Luminance	0.7988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4EC55 #555DF4

analogous

#F49D55 #F4EC55 #ADF455

triadic

#F4EC55 #55F4EC #EC55F4

tetradic

#F4EC55 #55F49D #555DF4 #F455AD

square

#F4EC55 #55F49D #555DF4 #F455AD

split-complementary

#F4EC55 #55ADF4 #9D55F4

monochromatic

#C2B90D #F0E61C #F4EC55 #F8F28E #FBF9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4EC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#F4EC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4EC55

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4EC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4EC55	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4ec55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 236, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.167 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf18c',
    500: '#f4ec55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4ec55;
$custom-light: #fbf18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4ec55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.981,
    "s": 87.845,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92281,
    "c": 0.1669,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4EC55

secondary

#2E35C0

accent

#0DE401

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4EC55

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

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