#F4E589#F4E589

#F4E589 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.114 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E589
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 137)
HSL	hsl(52, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 43.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -7.24, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 47.11, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0202 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.114 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.8446, 77.0801, 34.8609)
Luminance	0.7708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E589 #8998F4

analogous

#F4B089 #F4E589 #CDF489

triadic

#F4E589 #89F4E5 #E589F4

tetradic

#F4E589 #89F4B0 #8998F4 #F489CD

square

#F4E589 #89F4B0 #8998F4 #F489CD

split-complementary

#F4E589 #89CDF4 #B089F4

monochromatic

#EACC19 #EFD951 #F4E589 #F9F1C1 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#F4E589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E589

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E589	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)

#F5E082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.114 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edad',
    500: '#f4e589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e589;
$custom-light: #f9edad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.589,
    "s": 82.946,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91438,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E589

secondary

#5062D1

accent

#25DF06

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E589

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

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