#F4E59B#F4E59B

#F4E59B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.095 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E59B
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 155)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 36.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -5.35, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 38.33, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0134 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.095 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.2451, 77.6403, 42.2371)
Luminance	0.7764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E59B #9BAAF4

analogous

#F4B89B #F4E59B #D6F49B

triadic

#F4E59B #9BF4E5 #E59BF4

tetradic

#F4E59B #9BF4B8 #9BAAF4 #F49BD6

square

#F4E59B #9BF4B8 #9BAAF4 #F49BD6

split-complementary

#F4E59B #9BD6F4 #B89BF4

monochromatic

#E8C82D #EED764 #F4E59B #FAF3D2 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#F4E59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E59B

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E59B	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.095 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb9',
    500: '#f4e59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e59b;
$custom-light: #f9edb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.888,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91726,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E59B

secondary

#6174D3

accent

#2DDD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E59B

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

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