#F4E59C#F4E59C

#F4E59C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.094 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E59C
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 156)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 36.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -5.24, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 37.84, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.013 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.094 98)
XYZ	xyz(71.3294, 77.6740, 42.6812)
Luminance	0.7767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E59C #9CABF4

analogous

#F4B99C #F4E59C #D7F49C

triadic

#F4E59C #9CF4E5 #E59CF4

tetradic

#F4E59C #9CF4B9 #9CABF4 #F49CD7

square

#F4E59C #9CF4B9 #9CABF4 #F49CD7

split-complementary

#F4E59C #9CD7F4 #B99CF4

monochromatic

#E8C82E #EED765 #F4E59C #FAF3D3 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#F4E59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E59C

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E59C	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)

#F3E197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.094 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edba',
    500: '#f4e59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e59c;
$custom-light: #f9edba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91743,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.77672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E59C

secondary

#6275D3

accent

#2DDC09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E59C

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

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