#F4E68A#F4E68A

#F4E68A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E68A
RGB	rgb(244, 230, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 43.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -7.65, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 47.03, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0213 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.1941, 77.6639, 35.3329)
Luminance	0.7766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E68A #8A98F4

analogous

#F4B18A #F4E68A #CDF48A

triadic

#F4E68A #8AF4E6 #E68AF4

tetradic

#F4E68A #8AF4B1 #8A98F4 #F48ACD

square

#F4E68A #8AF4B1 #8A98F4 #F48ACD

split-complementary

#F4E68A #8ACDF4 #B18AF4

monochromatic

#E9CE1A #EFDA52 #F4E68A #F9F2C2 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E68A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#F4E68A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E68A

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E68A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E68A	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)

#F6E183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e68a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 230, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edad',
    500: '#f4e68a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e68a;
$custom-light: #f9edad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e68a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 82.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91655,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E68A

secondary

#5162D1

accent

#23DF06

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E68A

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

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