#F4E49E#F4E49E

#F4E49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.090 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E49E
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 158)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 35.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -4.51, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 36.46, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0107 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.09 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.2243, 77.1906, 43.4885)
Luminance	0.7719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E49E #9EAEF4

analogous

#F4B99E #F4E49E #D9F49E

triadic

#F4E49E #9EF4E4 #E49EF4

tetradic

#F4E49E #9EF4B9 #9EAEF4 #F49ED9

square

#F4E49E #9EF4B9 #9EAEF4 #F49ED9

split-complementary

#F4E49E #9ED9F4 #B99EF4

monochromatic

#E8C530 #EED567 #F4E49E #FAF3D5 #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#F4E49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E49E

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E49E	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.090 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecbb',
    500: '#f4e49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e49e;
$custom-light: #f9ecbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91578,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E49E

secondary

#6378D3

accent

#31DC0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E49E

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

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