#F4E49C#F4E49C

#F4E49C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.093 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E49C
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 156)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 36.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -4.74, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 37.45, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.54% -0.0115 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(91.54% 0.093 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.0535, 77.1223, 42.5892)
Luminance	0.7712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E49C #9CACF4

analogous

#F4B89C #F4E49C #D8F49C

triadic

#F4E49C #9CF4E4 #E49CF4

tetradic

#F4E49C #9CF4B8 #9CACF4 #F49CD8

square

#F4E49C #9CF4B8 #9CACF4 #F49CD8

split-complementary

#F4E49C #9CD8F4 #B89CF4

monochromatic

#E8C62E #EED565 #F4E49C #FAF3D3 #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F4E49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E49C

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E49C	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)

#F2E097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.093 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecba',
    500: '#f4e49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e49c;
$custom-light: #f9ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91543,
    "c": 0.09256,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E49C

secondary

#6276D3

accent

#30DC09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E49C

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

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