#F4E38C#F4E38C

#F4E38C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.109 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E38C
RGB	rgb(244, 227, 140)
HSL	hsl(50, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 42.6%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -5.94, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 44.89, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.08% -0.0162 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(91.08% 0.109 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5126, 76.0670, 35.8266)
Luminance	0.7607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E38C #8C9DF4

analogous

#F4AF8C #F4E38C #D1F48C

triadic

#F4E38C #8CF4E3 #E38CF4

tetradic

#F4E38C #8CF4AF #8C9DF4 #F48CD1

square

#F4E38C #8CF4AF #8C9DF4 #F48CD1

split-complementary

#F4E38C #8CD1F4 #AF8CF4

monochromatic

#E9C81C #EFD554 #F4E38C #F9F1C4 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F4E38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#F4E38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E38C

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E38C	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)

#F3DE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 227, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.109 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ebaf',
    500: '#f4e38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e38c;
$custom-light: #f9ebaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 82.54,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91081,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E38C

secondary

#5368D1

accent

#2ADF07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E38C

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

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