#F4E09E#F4E09E

#F4E09E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.087 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E09E
RGB	rgb(244, 224, 158)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 35.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -2.48, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 34.93, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(90.78% -0.0049 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(90.78% 0.087 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.1366, 75.0152, 43.1260)
Luminance	0.7501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E09E #9EB2F4

analogous

#F4B59E #F4E09E #DDF49E

triadic

#F4E09E #9EF4E0 #E09EF4

tetradic

#F4E09E #9EF4B5 #9EB2F4 #F49EDD

square

#F4E09E #9EF4B5 #9EB2F4 #F49EDD

split-complementary

#F4E09E #9EDDF4 #B59EF4

monochromatic

#E8BD30 #EECE67 #F4E09E #FAF2D5 #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#F4E09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E09E

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E09E	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)

#EEDD99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 224, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.087 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9e9bb',
    500: '#f4e09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e09e;
$custom-light: #f9e9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90781,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E09E

secondary

#637DD3

accent

#3ADC0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E09E

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

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