#F4E38B#F4E38B

#F4E38B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.110 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E38B
RGB	rgb(244, 227, 139)
HSL	hsl(50, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 43%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.88, -6.04, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.88, 45.37, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0166 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.11 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4392, 76.0376, 35.4400)
Luminance	0.7603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E38B #8B9CF4

analogous

#F4AF8B #F4E38B #D0F48B

triadic

#F4E38B #8BF4E3 #E38BF4

tetradic

#F4E38B #8BF4AF #8B9CF4 #F48BD0

square

#F4E38B #8BF4AF #8B9CF4 #F48BD0

split-complementary

#F4E38B #8BD0F4 #AF8BF4

monochromatic

#E9C81B #EFD653 #F4E38B #F9F0C3 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F4E38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#F4E38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E38B

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E38B	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 227, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.110 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ebae',
    500: '#f4e38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e38b;
$custom-light: #f9ebae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 82.677,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91066,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E38B

secondary

#5267D1

accent

#29DF06

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E38B

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

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