#F4E8AC#F4E8AC

#F4E8AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.078 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E8AC
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 172)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 29.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.65, -4.85, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.65, 31.10, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(92.64% -0.011 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(92.64% 0.078 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.6118, 79.9266, 50.5714)
Luminance	0.7993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E8AC #ACB8F4

analogous

#F4C4AC #F4E8AC #DCF4AC

triadic

#F4E8AC #ACF4E8 #E8ACF4

tetradic

#F4E8AC #ACF4C4 #ACB8F4 #F4ACDC

square

#F4E8AC #ACF4C4 #ACB8F4 #F4ACDC

split-complementary

#F4E8AC #ACDCF4 #C4ACF4

monochromatic

#E6CA40 #EDD976 #F4E8AC #FBF7E2 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#F4E8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E8AC

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E8AC	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.078 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efc5',
    500: '#f4e8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e8ac;
$custom-light: #f8efc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92636,
    "c": 0.07792,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E8AC

secondary

#7081D4

accent

#2FD90D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E8AC

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

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