#F4E09B#F4E09B

#F4E09B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.090 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E09B
RGB	rgb(244, 224, 155)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 36.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -2.83, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 36.42, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.006 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.09 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.8815, 74.9132, 41.7826)
Luminance	0.7491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E09B #9BAFF4

analogous

#F4B39B #F4E09B #DBF49B

triadic

#F4E09B #9BF4E0 #E09BF4

tetradic

#F4E09B #9BF4B3 #9BAFF4 #F49BDB

square

#F4E09B #9BF4B3 #9BAFF4 #F49BDB

split-complementary

#F4E09B #9BDBF4 #B39BF4

monochromatic

#E8BE2D #EECF64 #F4E09B #FAF1D2 #FCF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#F4E09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E09B

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E09B	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 224, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.090 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9e9b9',
    500: '#f4e09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e09b;
$custom-light: #f9e9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.517,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90727,
    "c": 0.09005,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E09B

secondary

#617AD3

accent

#39DD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E09B

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

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