#F4E79D#F4E79D

#F4E79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.094 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E79D
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 35.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.15, -6.14, 37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.15, 38.15, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0155 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.094 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.9710, 78.8212, 43.3145)
Luminance	0.7882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E79D #9DAAF4

analogous

#F4BB9D #F4E79D #D5F49D

triadic

#F4E79D #9DF4E7 #E79DF4

tetradic

#F4E79D #9DF4BB #9DAAF4 #F49DD5

square

#F4E79D #9DF4BB #9DAAF4 #F49DD5

split-complementary

#F4E79D #9DD5F4 #BB9DF4

monochromatic

#E8CC2F #EEDA66 #F4E79D #FAF4D4 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#F4E79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E79D

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E79D	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)

#F5E398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.094 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eeba',
    500: '#f4e79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e79d;
$custom-light: #f9eeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.034,
    "s": 79.817,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92161,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E79D

secondary

#6373D3

accent

#29DC09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E79D

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

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