#F4E59D#F4E59D

#F4E59D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.092 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E59D
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 157)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 35.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.65, -5.13, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.65, 37.35, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0126 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.092 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.4145, 77.7080, 43.1290)
Luminance	0.7771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E59D #9DACF4

analogous

#F4B99D #F4E59D #D7F49D

triadic

#F4E59D #9DF4E5 #E59DF4

tetradic

#F4E59D #9DF4B9 #9DACF4 #F49DD7

square

#F4E59D #9DF4B9 #9DACF4 #F49DD7

split-complementary

#F4E59D #9DD7F4 #B99DF4

monochromatic

#E8C82F #EED666 #F4E59D #FAF4D4 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#F4E59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E59D

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E59D	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.092 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edba',
    500: '#f4e59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e59d;
$custom-light: #f9edba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9176,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E59D

secondary

#6376D3

accent

#2EDC09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E59D

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

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