#F4E8AA#F4E8AA

#F4E8AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.080 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E8AA
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 170)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 30.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -5.10, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 32.10, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.6% -0.0118 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(92.6% 0.08 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.4212, 79.8503, 49.5674)
Luminance	0.7985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E8AA #AAB6F4

analogous

#F4C3AA #F4E8AA #DBF4AA

triadic

#F4E8AA #AAF4E8 #E8AAF4

tetradic

#F4E8AA #AAF4C3 #AAB6F4 #F4AADB

square

#F4E8AA #AAF4C3 #AAB6F4 #F4AADB

split-complementary

#F4E8AA #AADBF4 #C3AAF4

monochromatic

#E6CB3E #EDD974 #F4E8AA #FBF7E0 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#F4E8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E8AA

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E8AA	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.080 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efc3',
    500: '#f4e8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e8aa;
$custom-light: #f8efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92597,
    "c": 0.08029,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E8AA

secondary

#6E7FD4

accent

#2DD90C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E8AA

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

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