#F4E59A#F4E59A

#F4E59A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.096 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E59A
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 154)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 36.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.60, -5.47, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.60, 38.83, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0137 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.096 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.1615, 77.6069, 41.7966)
Luminance	0.7761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E59A #9AA9F4

analogous

#F4B89A #F4E59A #D6F49A

triadic

#F4E59A #9AF4E5 #E59AF4

tetradic

#F4E59A #9AF4B8 #9AA9F4 #F49AD6

square

#F4E59A #9AF4B8 #9AA9F4 #F49AD6

split-complementary

#F4E59A #9AD6F4 #B89AF4

monochromatic

#E8C92C #EED763 #F4E59A #FAF3D1 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#F4E59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E59A

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E59A	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.096 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb8',
    500: '#f4e59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e59a;
$custom-light: #f9edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 80.357,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91708,
    "c": 0.09577,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E59A

secondary

#6073D2

accent

#2CDD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E59A

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

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