#F4E68E#F4E68E

#F4E68E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.110 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E68E
RGB	rgb(244, 230, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 41.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.68, -7.25, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.68, 45.10, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0198 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.11 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.4890, 77.7819, 36.8862)
Luminance	0.7778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E68E #8E9CF4

analogous

#F4B38E #F4E68E #CFF48E

triadic

#F4E68E #8EF4E6 #E68EF4

tetradic

#F4E68E #8EF4B3 #8E9CF4 #F48ECF

square

#F4E68E #8EF4B3 #8E9CF4 #F48ECF

split-complementary

#F4E68E #8ECFF4 #B38EF4

monochromatic

#E9CD1E #EFDA56 #F4E68E #F9F2C6 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#F4E68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E68E

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E68E	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)

#F5E187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 230, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.110 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb0',
    500: '#f4e68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e68e;
$custom-light: #f9edb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 82.258,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91715,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E68E

secondary

#5566D1

accent

#24DF07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E68E

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

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