#F4E38E#F4E38E

#F4E38E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.107 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E38E
RGB	rgb(244, 227, 142)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 41.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -5.74, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 43.92, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0154 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.107 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6614, 76.1265, 36.6103)
Luminance	0.7612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E38E #8E9FF4

analogous

#F4B08E #F4E38E #D2F48E

triadic

#F4E38E #8EF4E3 #E38EF4

tetradic

#F4E38E #8EF4B0 #8E9FF4 #F48ED2

square

#F4E38E #8EF4B0 #8E9FF4 #F48ED2

split-complementary

#F4E38E #8ED2F4 #B08EF4

monochromatic

#E9C71E #EFD556 #F4E38E #F9F1C6 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F4E38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#F4E38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E38E

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E38E	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 227, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.107 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ebb0',
    500: '#f4e38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e38e;
$custom-light: #f9ebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 82.258,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91112,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E38E

secondary

#556AD1

accent

#2BDF07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E38E

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

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