#F4E79A#F4E79A

#F4E79A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.098 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E79A
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 154)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 36.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.11, -6.47, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.11, 39.63, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.0167 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.098 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.7180, 78.7200, 41.9822)
Luminance	0.7872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E79A #9AA7F4

analogous

#F4BA9A #F4E79A #D4F49A

triadic

#F4E79A #9AF4E7 #E79AF4

tetradic

#F4E79A #9AF4BA #9AA7F4 #F49AD4

square

#F4E79A #9AF4BA #9AA7F4 #F49AD4

split-complementary

#F4E79A #9AD4F4 #BA9AF4

monochromatic

#E8CD2C #EEDA63 #F4E79A #FAF4D1 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#F4E79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E79A

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E79A	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.098 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eeb8',
    500: '#f4e79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e79a;
$custom-light: #f9eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.333,
    "s": 80.357,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9211,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E79A

secondary

#6070D2

accent

#27DD09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E79A

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

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