#F4F256#F4F256

#F4F256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.172 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4F256
RGB	rgb(244, 242, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 64.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.19, -17.54, 72.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.19, 74.49, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(93.53% -0.0548 0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(93.53% 0.172 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.7425, 83.4114, 21.1758)
Luminance	0.8341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4F256 #5658F4

analogous

#F4A356 #F4F256 #A7F456

triadic

#F4F256 #56F4F2 #F256F4

tetradic

#F4F256 #56F4A3 #5658F4 #F456A7

square

#F4F256 #56F4A3 #5658F4 #F456A7

split-complementary

#F4F256 #56A7F4 #A356F4

monochromatic

#C3C10D #F0EE1D #F4F256 #F8F68F #FBFBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F4F256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.68

#F4F256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4F256

17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4F256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4F256	1.00	1.19	17.68	17.68
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4f256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 242, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.172 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbf68d',
    500: '#f4f256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4f256;
$custom-light: #fbf68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4f256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.241,
    "s": 87.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93529,
    "c": 0.17191,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4F256

secondary

#2E30C0

accent

#04E401

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4F256

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →