#F4E78B#F4E78B

#F4E78B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.114 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E78B
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 139)
HSL	hsl(53, 83%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 43%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -8.05, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 46.94, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0224 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.114 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.5459, 78.2511, 35.8090)
Luminance	0.7825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E78B #8B98F4

analogous

#F4B28B #F4E78B #CDF48B

triadic

#F4E78B #8BF4E7 #E78BF4

tetradic

#F4E78B #8BF4B2 #8B98F4 #F48BCD

square

#F4E78B #8BF4B2 #8B98F4 #F48BCD

split-complementary

#F4E78B #8BCDF4 #B28BF4

monochromatic

#E9D01B #EFDB53 #F4E78B #F9F3C3 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F4E78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#F4E78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E78B

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E78B	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.114 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eeae',
    500: '#f4e78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e78b;
$custom-light: #f9eeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 82.677,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91872,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E78B

secondary

#5262D1

accent

#21DF06

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E78B

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

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