#F4E8A6#F4E8A6

#F4E8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.085 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E8A6
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 32%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -5.58, 33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 34.10, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(92.52% -0.0134 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(92.52% 0.085 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.0486, 79.7013, 47.6049)
Luminance	0.7970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E8A6 #A6B2F4

analogous

#F4C1A6 #F4E8A6 #D9F4A6

triadic

#F4E8A6 #A6F4E8 #E8A6F4

tetradic

#F4E8A6 #A6F4C1 #A6B2F4 #F4A6D9

square

#F4E8A6 #A6F4C1 #A6B2F4 #F4A6D9

split-complementary

#F4E8A6 #A6D9F4 #C1A6F4

monochromatic

#E7CC39 #EDDA70 #F4E8A6 #FBF6DC #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#F4E8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E8A6

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E8A6	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.085 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efc1',
    500: '#f4e8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e8a6;
$custom-light: #f8efc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92522,
    "c": 0.08498,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E8A6

secondary

#6B7BD3

accent

#2BDA0B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E8A6

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

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