#F4E8A2#F4E8A2

#F4E8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.090 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E8A2
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 162)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 33.6%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.49, -6.06, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.49, 36.09, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(92.45% -0.015 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(92.45% 0.09 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.6873, 79.5568, 45.7024)
Luminance	0.7955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E8A2 #A2AEF4

analogous

#F4BFA2 #F4E8A2 #D7F4A2

triadic

#F4E8A2 #A2F4E8 #E8A2F4

tetradic

#F4E8A2 #A2F4BF #A2AEF4 #F4A2D7

square

#F4E8A2 #A2F4BF #A2AEF4 #F4A2D7

split-complementary

#F4E8A2 #A2D7F4 #BFA2F4

monochromatic

#E7CD35 #EEDA6B #F4E8A2 #FAF6D9 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#F4E8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E8A2

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E8A2	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.090 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efbe',
    500: '#f4e8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e8a2;
$custom-light: #f9efbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9245,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E8A2

secondary

#6777D3

accent

#29DB0A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E8A2

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

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