#F4F679 is a soft, warm green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #F4F679 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F4F679 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Butter Yellow as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Butter Yellow leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Butter Yellow holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Butter Yellow opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Butter Yellow is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Butter Yellow carrying the quiet middle.
How #F4F679 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #F4F679 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F4F679;
--color-base-rgb: 244 246 121;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.7% 0.148 109.7);
--color-50: #FEFEF0;
--color-100: #FDFDD8;
--color-200: #F8FAB3;
--color-300: #EEF07F;
--color-400: #DFE151;
--color-500: #C4C72E;
--color-600: #95972B;
--color-700: #696B24;
--color-800: #45451C;
--color-900: #2A2A13;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
butter-yellow: {
50: '#FEFEF0',
100: '#FDFDD8',
200: '#F8FAB3',
300: '#EEF07F',
400: '#DFE151',
500: '#C4C72E',
600: '#95972B',
700: '#696B24',
800: '#45451C',
900: '#2A2A13',
},
}
$base: #F4F679; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEFEF0; $base-100: #FDFDD8; $base-200: #F8FAB3; $base-300: #EEF07F; $base-400: #DFE151; $base-500: #C4C72E; $base-600: #95972B; $base-700: #696B24; $base-800: #45451C; $base-900: #2A2A13; $base-hover: #EEF135; $base-subtle: #F7F8DB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F4F679",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDFDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F8FAB3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EEF07F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DFE151",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C4C72E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#95972B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#696B24",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#45451C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A2A13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}