#F4E49D#F4E49D

#F4E49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.091 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E49D
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 157)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 35.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -4.62, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 36.95, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0111 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.091 97)
XYZ	xyz(71.1386, 77.1563, 43.0370)
Luminance	0.7715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E49D #9DADF4

analogous

#F4B89D #F4E49D #D8F49D

triadic

#F4E49D #9DF4E4 #E49DF4

tetradic

#F4E49D #9DF4B8 #9DADF4 #F49DD8

square

#F4E49D #9DF4B8 #9DADF4 #F49DD8

split-complementary

#F4E49D #9DD8F4 #B89DF4

monochromatic

#E8C62F #EED566 #F4E49D #FAF3D4 #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#F4E49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E49D

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E49D	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.091 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecba',
    500: '#f4e49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e49d;
$custom-light: #f9ecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.966,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9156,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.77154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E49D

secondary

#6377D3

accent

#30DC09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E49D

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

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