#F4E49B#F4E49B

#F4E49B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.094 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E49B
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 155)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 36.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -4.85, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 37.94, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0119 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.094 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.9692, 77.0885, 42.1451)
Luminance	0.7709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E49B #9BABF4

analogous

#F4B79B #F4E49B #D8F49B

triadic

#F4E49B #9BF4E4 #E49BF4

tetradic

#F4E49B #9BF4B7 #9BABF4 #F49BD8

square

#F4E49B #9BF4B7 #9BABF4 #F49BD8

split-complementary

#F4E49B #9BD8F4 #B79BF4

monochromatic

#E8C62D #EED564 #F4E49B #FAF3D2 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F4E49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E49B

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E49B	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.094 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb9',
    500: '#f4e49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e49b;
$custom-light: #f9ecb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.213,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91525,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E49B

secondary

#6175D3

accent

#2FDD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E49B

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

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