#F4EC5A#F4EC5A

#F4EC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.163 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4EC5A
RGB	rgb(244, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 63.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.67, -14.39, 69.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.67, 70.72, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.32% -0.0455 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(92.32% 0.163 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.1516, 79.9645, 21.4629)
Luminance	0.7996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4EC5A #5A62F4

analogous

#F49F5A #F4EC5A #AFF45A

triadic

#F4EC5A #5AF4EC #EC5AF4

tetradic

#F4EC5A #5AF49F #5A62F4 #F45AAF

square

#F4EC5A #5AF49F #5A62F4 #F45AAF

split-complementary

#F4EC5A #5AAFF4 #9F5AF4

monochromatic

#C6BD0D #F0E521 #F4EC5A #F8F393 #FCF9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4EC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#F4EC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4EC5A

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4EC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4EC5A	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4ec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.163 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf18f',
    500: '#f4ec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4ec5a;
$custom-light: #fbf18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4ec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92323,
    "c": 0.16334,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4EC5A

secondary

#2F37C3

accent

#0DE401

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4EC5A

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

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