#F4E09F#F4E09F

#F4E09F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.086 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E09F
RGB	rgb(244, 224, 159)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 34.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.42, -2.37, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.42, 34.44, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.8% -0.0045 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(90.8% 0.086 93)
XYZ	xyz(70.2230, 75.0498, 43.5811)
Luminance	0.7505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E09F #9FB3F4

analogous

#F4B69F #F4E09F #DEF49F

triadic

#F4E09F #9FF4E0 #E09FF4

tetradic

#F4E09F #9FF4B6 #9FB3F4 #F49FDE

square

#F4E09F #9FF4B6 #9FB3F4 #F49FDE

split-complementary

#F4E09F #9FDEF4 #B69FF4

monochromatic

#E7BD31 #EECE68 #F4E09F #FAF2D6 #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#F4E09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E09F

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E09F	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 224, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.086 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9e9bc',
    500: '#f4e09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e09f;
$custom-light: #f9e9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 79.439,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90799,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.75048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E09F

secondary

#647ED3

accent

#3BDC0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E09F

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

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