#F4E8A5#F4E8A5

#F4E8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.086 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E8A5
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 32.4%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -5.71, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 34.59, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0138 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.086 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.9572, 79.6647, 47.1236)
Luminance	0.7966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E8A5 #A5B1F4

analogous

#F4C0A5 #F4E8A5 #D8F4A5

triadic

#F4E8A5 #A5F4E8 #E8A5F4

tetradic

#F4E8A5 #A5F4C0 #A5B1F4 #F4A5D8

square

#F4E8A5 #A5F4C0 #A5B1F4 #F4A5D8

split-complementary

#F4E8A5 #A5D8F4 #C0A5F4

monochromatic

#E7CC38 #EDDA6E #F4E8A5 #FBF6DC #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#F4E8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E8A5

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E8A5	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)

#F5E4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.086 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efc0',
    500: '#f4e8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e8a5;
$custom-light: #f8efc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92504,
    "c": 0.08614,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E8A5

secondary

#6A7AD3

accent

#2BDA0B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E8A5

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

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