#F4E59F#F4E59F

#F4E59F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.090 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E59F
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 159)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 34.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -4.90, 36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 36.36, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0118 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.09 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.5866, 77.7769, 44.0356)
Luminance	0.7778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E59F #9FAEF4

analogous

#F4BB9F #F4E59F #D9F49F

triadic

#F4E59F #9FF4E5 #E59FF4

tetradic

#F4E59F #9FF4BB #9FAEF4 #F49FD9

square

#F4E59F #9FF4BB #9FAEF4 #F49FD9

split-complementary

#F4E59F #9FD9F4 #BB9FF4

monochromatic

#E7C731 #EED668 #F4E59F #FAF4D6 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#F4E59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E59F

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E59F	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.090 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edbc',
    500: '#f4e59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e59f;
$custom-light: #f9edbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 79.439,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91795,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E59F

secondary

#6478D3

accent

#2FDC0A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E59F

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

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