#F4ED8A#F4ED8A

#F4ED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.121 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4ED8A
RGB	rgb(244, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 43.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.42, -11.13, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.42, 49.89, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(93.07% -0.0313 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(93.07% 0.121 105)
XYZ	xyz(72.1813, 81.6384, 35.9953)
Luminance	0.8164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4ED8A #8A91F4

analogous

#F4B88A #F4ED8A #C6F48A

triadic

#F4ED8A #8AF4ED #ED8AF4

tetradic

#F4ED8A #8AF4B8 #8A91F4 #F48AC6

square

#F4ED8A #8AF4B8 #8A91F4 #F48AC6

split-complementary

#F4ED8A #8AC6F4 #B88AF4

monochromatic

#E9DC1A #EFE452 #F4ED8A #F9F6C2 #FCFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F4ED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.33

#F4ED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4ED8A

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4ED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4ED8A	1.00	1.21	17.33	17.33
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4ed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.121 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9f2ae',
    500: '#f4ed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4ed8a;
$custom-light: #f9f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4ed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 82.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93074,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.81636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4ED8A

secondary

#515AD1

accent

#15DF06

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4ED8A

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

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