#F4E18C#F4E18C

#F4E18C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.107 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E18C
RGB	rgb(244, 225, 140)
HSL	hsl(49, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 42.6%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -4.93, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 44.13, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.68% -0.0133 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(90.68% 0.107 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.9687, 74.9793, 35.6453)
Luminance	0.7498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E18C #8C9FF4

analogous

#F4AD8C #F4E18C #D3F48C

triadic

#F4E18C #8CF4E1 #E18CF4

tetradic

#F4E18C #8CF4AD #8C9FF4 #F48CD3

square

#F4E18C #8CF4AD #8C9FF4 #F48CD3

split-complementary

#F4E18C #8CD3F4 #AD8CF4

monochromatic

#E9C41C #EFD254 #F4E18C #F9F0C4 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E18C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#F4E18C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E18C

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E18C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E18C	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)

#F1DD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 225, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.107 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eaaf',
    500: '#f4e18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e18c;
$custom-light: #f9eaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.038,
    "s": 82.54,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9068,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E18C

secondary

#536AD1

accent

#2EDF07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E18C

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

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