#F4E08A#F4E08A

#F4E08A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.109 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E08A
RGB	rgb(244, 224, 138)
HSL	hsl(49, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 43.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -4.63, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 44.73, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0126 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.109 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.5531, 74.3818, 34.7859)
Luminance	0.7438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E08A #8A9EF4

analogous

#F4AB8A #F4E08A #D3F48A

triadic

#F4E08A #8AF4E0 #E08AF4

tetradic

#F4E08A #8AF4AB #8A9EF4 #F48AD3

square

#F4E08A #8AF4AB #8A9EF4 #F48AD3

split-complementary

#F4E08A #8AD3F4 #AB8AF4

monochromatic

#E9C21A #EFD152 #F4E08A #F9EFC2 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F4E08A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#F4E08A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E08A

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E08A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E08A	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DC83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e08a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 224, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.109 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9e9ad',
    500: '#f4e08a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e08a;
$custom-light: #f9e9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e08a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 82.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90449,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E08A

secondary

#5169D1

accent

#2FDF06

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E08A

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

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