#F4E8A0#F4E8A0

#F4E8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.092 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E8A0
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 160)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 34.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.45, -6.29, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.45, 37.08, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0158 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.092 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.5110, 79.4862, 44.7736)
Luminance	0.7948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E8A0 #A0ACF4

analogous

#F4BEA0 #F4E8A0 #D6F4A0

triadic

#F4E8A0 #A0F4E8 #E8A0F4

tetradic

#F4E8A0 #A0F4BE #A0ACF4 #F4A0D6

square

#F4E8A0 #A0F4BE #A0ACF4 #F4A0D6

split-complementary

#F4E8A0 #A0D6F4 #BEA0F4

monochromatic

#E7CD32 #EEDB69 #F4E8A0 #FAF5D7 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#F4E8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E8A0

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E8A0	1.00	1.24	16.90	16.90
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.092 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efbc',
    500: '#f4e8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e8a0;
$custom-light: #f9efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 79.245,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92414,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E8A0

secondary

#6575D3

accent

#28DC0A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E8A0

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

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