#F4E9AE#F4E9AE

#F4E9AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.077 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E9AE
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 174)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 28.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.94, -5.10, 30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.94, 30.52, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.87% -0.0117 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(92.87% 0.077 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.0876, 80.5686, 51.6847)
Luminance	0.8057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E9AE #AEB9F4

analogous

#F4C6AE #F4E9AE #DCF4AE

triadic

#F4E9AE #AEF4E9 #E9AEF4

tetradic

#F4E9AE #AEF4C6 #AEB9F4 #F4AEDC

square

#F4E9AE #AEF4C6 #AEB9F4 #F4AEDC

split-complementary

#F4E9AE #AEDCF4 #C6AEF4

monochromatic

#E5CC42 #EDDA78 #F4E9AE #FBF8E4 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F4E9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#F4E9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E9AE

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E9AE	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8EAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.077 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8efc6',
    500: '#f4e9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e9ae;
$custom-light: #f8efc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92874,
    "c": 0.07656,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E9AE

secondary

#7282D4

accent

#2DD80D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E9AE

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

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