#F4E489#F4E489

#F4E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.113 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E489
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 43.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.10, -6.74, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.10, 46.73, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0188 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.113 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5687, 76.5283, 34.7689)
Luminance	0.7653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E489 #8999F4

analogous

#F4AF89 #F4E489 #CFF489

triadic

#F4E489 #89F4E4 #E489F4

tetradic

#F4E489 #89F4AF #8999F4 #F489CF

square

#F4E489 #89F4AF #8999F4 #F489CF

split-complementary

#F4E489 #89CFF4 #AF89F4

monochromatic

#EACA19 #EFD751 #F4E489 #F9F1C1 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F4E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.31

#F4E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E489

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E489	1.00	1.29	16.31	16.31
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.113 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecad',
    500: '#f4e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e489;
$custom-light: #f9ecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.028,
    "s": 82.946,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91237,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E489

secondary

#5064D1

accent

#27DF06

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E489

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

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