#F4E8A9#F4E8A9

#F4E8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.081 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E8A9
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 30.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -5.22, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 32.60, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(92.58% -0.0122 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(92.58% 0.081 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.3270, 79.8126, 49.0711)
Luminance	0.7981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E8A9 #A9B5F4

analogous

#F4C2A9 #F4E8A9 #DAF4A9

triadic

#F4E8A9 #A9F4E8 #E8A9F4

tetradic

#F4E8A9 #A9F4C2 #A9B5F4 #F4A9DA

square

#F4E8A9 #A9F4C2 #A9B5F4 #F4A9DA

split-complementary

#F4E8A9 #A9DAF4 #C2A9F4

monochromatic

#E6CB3C #EDD973 #F4E8A9 #FBF7DF #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#F4E8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E8A9

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E8A9	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.081 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efc3',
    500: '#f4e8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e8a9;
$custom-light: #f8efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92578,
    "c": 0.08146,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E8A9

secondary

#6E7ED4

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E8A9

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

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