#F4E49F#F4E49F

#F4E49F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.089 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E49F
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 159)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 34.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -4.39, 35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 35.96, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0103 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.089 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.3107, 77.2251, 43.9437)
Luminance	0.7722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E49F #9FAFF4

analogous

#F4BA9F #F4E49F #DAF49F

triadic

#F4E49F #9FF4E4 #E49FF4

tetradic

#F4E49F #9FF4BA #9FAFF4 #F49FDA

square

#F4E49F #9FF4BA #9FAFF4 #F49FDA

split-complementary

#F4E49F #9FDAF4 #BA9FF4

monochromatic

#E7C531 #EED568 #F4E49F #FAF3D6 #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#F4E49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E49F

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E49F	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)

#F1E09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.089 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecbc',
    500: '#f4e49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e49f;
$custom-light: #f9ecbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.706,
    "s": 79.439,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91595,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E49F

secondary

#6479D3

accent

#31DC0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E49F

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

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