#F4E09D#F4E09D

#F4E09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.088 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E09D
RGB	rgb(244, 224, 157)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 35.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -2.60, 35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 35.43, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.76% -0.0053 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(90.76% 0.088 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.0509, 74.9809, 42.6745)
Luminance	0.7498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E09D #9DB1F4

analogous

#F4B49D #F4E09D #DCF49D

triadic

#F4E09D #9DF4E0 #E09DF4

tetradic

#F4E09D #9DF4B4 #9DB1F4 #F49DDC

square

#F4E09D #9DF4B4 #9DB1F4 #F49DDC

split-complementary

#F4E09D #9DDCF4 #B49DF4

monochromatic

#E8BD2F #EECF66 #F4E09D #FAF1D4 #FCF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#F4E09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E09D

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E09D	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 224, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.088 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9e9ba',
    500: '#f4e09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e09d;
$custom-light: #f9e9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.207,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90763,
    "c": 0.08781,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E09D

secondary

#637CD3

accent

#3ADC09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E09D

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

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