#F4EC8A#F4EC8A

#F4EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.120 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4EC8A
RGB	rgb(244, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 43.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.16, -10.63, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.16, 49.47, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(92.87% -0.0299 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(92.87% 0.12 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.8926, 81.0609, 35.8991)
Luminance	0.8106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4EC8A #8A92F4

analogous

#F4B78A #F4EC8A #C7F48A

triadic

#F4EC8A #8AF4EC #EC8AF4

tetradic

#F4EC8A #8AF4B7 #8A92F4 #F48AC7

square

#F4EC8A #8AF4B7 #8A92F4 #F48AC7

split-complementary

#F4EC8A #8AC7F4 #B78AF4

monochromatic

#E9DA1A #EFE352 #F4EC8A #F9F5C2 #FCFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F4EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.21

#F4EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4EC8A

17.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4EC8A	1.00	1.22	17.21	17.21
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.120 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9f2ae',
    500: '#f4ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4ec8a;
$custom-light: #f9f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 82.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9287,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4EC8A

secondary

#515BD1

accent

#17DF06

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4EC8A

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

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