#F4E79C#F4E79C

#F4E79C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.095 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E79C
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 36.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -6.25, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 38.65, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(92.14% -0.0159 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(92.14% 0.095 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.8860, 78.7872, 42.8667)
Luminance	0.7879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E79C #9CA9F4

analogous

#F4BB9C #F4E79C #D5F49C

triadic

#F4E79C #9CF4E7 #E79CF4

tetradic

#F4E79C #9CF4BB #9CA9F4 #F49CD5

square

#F4E79C #9CF4BB #9CA9F4 #F49CD5

split-complementary

#F4E79C #9CD5F4 #BB9CF4

monochromatic

#E8CC2E #EEDA65 #F4E79C #FAF4D3 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#F4E79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E79C

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E79C	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.095 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eeba',
    500: '#f4e79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e79c;
$custom-light: #f9eeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.136,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92144,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E79C

secondary

#6272D3

accent

#28DC09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E79C

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

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