#F4E8A1#F4E8A1

#F4E8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.091 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E8A1
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 161)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 34%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.47, -6.18, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.47, 36.58, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(92.43% -0.0154 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(92.43% 0.091 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.5988, 79.5214, 45.2361)
Luminance	0.7952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E8A1 #A1ADF4

analogous

#F4BFA1 #F4E8A1 #D7F4A1

triadic

#F4E8A1 #A1F4E8 #E8A1F4

tetradic

#F4E8A1 #A1F4BF #A1ADF4 #F4A1D7

square

#F4E8A1 #A1F4BF #A1ADF4 #F4A1D7

split-complementary

#F4E8A1 #A1D7F4 #BFA1F4

monochromatic

#E7CD33 #EEDB6A #F4E8A1 #FAF5D8 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.90

#F4E8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E8A1

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E8A1	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)

#F5E49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.091 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efbd',
    500: '#f4e8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e8a1;
$custom-light: #f9efbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.325,
    "s": 79.048,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92432,
    "c": 0.09077,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E8A1

secondary

#6676D3

accent

#28DB0A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E8A1

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

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