#F4E79F#F4E79F

#F4E79F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.092 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E79F
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 34.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.18, -5.91, 36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.18, 37.16, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.0147 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.092 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.1432, 78.8900, 44.2212)
Luminance	0.7889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E79F #9FACF4

analogous

#F4BD9F #F4E79F #D7F49F

triadic

#F4E79F #9FF4E7 #E79FF4

tetradic

#F4E79F #9FF4BD #9FACF4 #F49FD7

square

#F4E79F #9FF4BD #9FACF4 #F49FD7

split-complementary

#F4E79F #9FD7F4 #BD9FF4

monochromatic

#E7CC31 #EED968 #F4E79F #FAF5D6 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#F4E79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E79F

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E79F	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.092 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eebc',
    500: '#f4e79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e79f;
$custom-light: #f9eebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 79.439,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92196,
    "c": 0.09206,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E79F

secondary

#6475D3

accent

#2ADC0A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E79F

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

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