#F4E9AB#F4E9AB

#F4E9AB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.080 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E9AB
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 171)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 29.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.89, -5.48, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.89, 32.02, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(92.82% -0.0129 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(92.82% 0.08 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.7984, 80.4529, 50.1616)
Luminance	0.8045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E9AB #ABB6F4

analogous

#F4C5AB #F4E9AB #DBF4AB

triadic

#F4E9AB #ABF4E9 #E9ABF4

tetradic

#F4E9AB #ABF4C5 #ABB6F4 #F4ABDB

square

#F4E9AB #ABF4C5 #ABB6F4 #F4ABDB

split-complementary

#F4E9AB #ABDBF4 #C5ABF4

monochromatic

#E6CD3F #EDDB75 #F4E9AB #FBF7E1 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F4E9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.09

#F4E9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E9AB

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E9AB	1.00	1.23	17.09	17.09
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8EAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.080 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efc4',
    500: '#f4e9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e9ab;
$custom-light: #f8efc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92816,
    "c": 0.08012,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E9AB

secondary

#6F7FD4

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E9AB

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

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