#F4E8A4#F4E8A4

#F4E8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.087 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E8A4
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 32.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.52, -5.82, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.52, 35.09, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0142 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.087 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.8665, 79.6285, 46.6462)
Luminance	0.7963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E8A4 #A4B0F4

analogous

#F4C0A4 #F4E8A4 #D8F4A4

triadic

#F4E8A4 #A4F4E8 #E8A4F4

tetradic

#F4E8A4 #A4F4C0 #A4B0F4 #F4A4D8

square

#F4E8A4 #A4F4C0 #A4B0F4 #F4A4D8

split-complementary

#F4E8A4 #A4D8F4 #C0A4F4

monochromatic

#E7CC37 #EDDA6D #F4E8A4 #FBF6DB #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#F4E8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E8A4

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E8A4	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E49F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.087 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efbf',
    500: '#f4e8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e8a4;
$custom-light: #f8efbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92486,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E8A4

secondary

#6979D3

accent

#2ADB0B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E8A4

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

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