#F4E49A#F4E49A

#F4E49A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.095 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E49A
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 154)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 36.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -4.96, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 38.43, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0123 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.095 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.8856, 77.0551, 41.7047)
Luminance	0.7705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E49A #9AAAF4

analogous

#F4B79A #F4E49A #D7F49A

triadic

#F4E49A #9AF4E4 #E49AF4

tetradic

#F4E49A #9AF4B7 #9AAAF4 #F49AD7

square

#F4E49A #9AF4B7 #9AAAF4 #F49AD7

split-complementary

#F4E49A #9AD7F4 #B79AF4

monochromatic

#E8C62C #EED563 #F4E49A #FAF3D1 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#F4E49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E49A

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E49A	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.095 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb8',
    500: '#f4e49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e49a;
$custom-light: #f9ecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 80.357,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91508,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E49A

secondary

#6074D2

accent

#2EDD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E49A

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

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