#F4E79B#F4E79B

#F4E79B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.097 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E79B
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 155)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 36.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.12, -6.36, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.12, 39.14, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0163 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.097 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.8017, 78.7534, 42.4226)
Luminance	0.7875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E79B #9BA8F4

analogous

#F4BA9B #F4E79B #D4F49B

triadic

#F4E79B #9BF4E7 #E79BF4

tetradic

#F4E79B #9BF4BA #9BA8F4 #F49BD4

square

#F4E79B #9BF4BA #9BA8F4 #F49BD4

split-complementary

#F4E79B #9BD4F4 #BA9BF4

monochromatic

#E8CD2D #EEDA64 #F4E79B #FAF4D2 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#F4E79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E79B

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E79B	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.097 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eeb9',
    500: '#f4e79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e79b;
$custom-light: #f9eeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.236,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92127,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E79B

secondary

#6171D3

accent

#28DD09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E79B

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

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