#F4ED55#F4ED55

#F4ED55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.168 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4ED55
RGB	rgb(244, 237, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 65.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.89, -15.16, 71.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.89, 73.03, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0482 0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.168 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.2346, 80.4597, 20.4758)
Luminance	0.8046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4ED55 #555CF4

analogous

#F49D55 #F4ED55 #ACF455

triadic

#F4ED55 #55F4ED #ED55F4

tetradic

#F4ED55 #55F49D #555CF4 #F455AC

square

#F4ED55 #55F49D #555CF4 #F455AC

split-complementary

#F4ED55 #55ACF4 #9D55F4

monochromatic

#C2BA0D #F0E71C #F4ED55 #F8F38E #FBF9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F4ED55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.09

#F4ED55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4ED55

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4ED55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4ED55	1.00	1.23	17.09	17.09
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4ed55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 237, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.168 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf28c',
    500: '#f4ed55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4ed55;
$custom-light: #fbf28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4ed55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.358,
    "s": 87.845,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92487,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4ED55

secondary

#2E34C0

accent

#0BE401

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4ED55

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

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