#F4E59E#F4E59E

#F4E59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.091 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E59E
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 158)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 35.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -5.01, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 36.85, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0122 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.091 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.5002, 77.7423, 43.5805)
Luminance	0.7774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E59E #9EADF4

analogous

#F4BA9E #F4E59E #D8F49E

triadic

#F4E59E #9EF4E5 #E59EF4

tetradic

#F4E59E #9EF4BA #9EADF4 #F49ED8

square

#F4E59E #9EF4BA #9EADF4 #F49ED8

split-complementary

#F4E59E #9ED8F4 #BA9EF4

monochromatic

#E8C830 #EED667 #F4E59E #FAF4D5 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#F4E59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E59E

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E59E	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.091 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edbb',
    500: '#f4e59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e59e;
$custom-light: #f9edbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.535,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91778,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E59E

secondary

#6377D3

accent

#2EDC0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E59E

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

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