#F4E79E#F4E79E

#F4E79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.093 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E79E
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 35.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -6.02, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 37.66, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(92.18% -0.0151 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(92.18% 0.093 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.0568, 78.8555, 43.7660)
Luminance	0.7885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E79E #9EABF4

analogous

#F4BC9E #F4E79E #D6F49E

triadic

#F4E79E #9EF4E7 #E79EF4

tetradic

#F4E79E #9EF4BC #9EABF4 #F49ED6

square

#F4E79E #9EF4BC #9EABF4 #F49ED6

split-complementary

#F4E79E #9ED6F4 #BC9EF4

monochromatic

#E8CC30 #EED967 #F4E79E #FAF5D5 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#F4E79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E79E

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E79E	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.093 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eebb',
    500: '#f4e79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e79e;
$custom-light: #f9eebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92178,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E79E

secondary

#6374D3

accent

#29DC0A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E79E

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

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