#F4E9B2#F4E9B2

#F4E9B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.072 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E9B2
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 178)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(50, 27%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 27%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.01, -4.59, 28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.01, 28.51, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(92.95% -0.0101 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(92.95% 0.072 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.4834, 80.7269, 53.7690)
Luminance	0.8073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E9B2 #B2BDF4

analogous

#F4C8B2 #F4E9B2 #DEF4B2

triadic

#F4E9B2 #B2F4E9 #E9B2F4

tetradic

#F4E9B2 #B2F4C8 #B2BDF4 #F4B2DE

square

#F4E9B2 #B2F4C8 #B2BDF4 #F4B2DE

split-complementary

#F4E9B2 #B2DEF4 #C8B2F4

monochromatic

#E5CA47 #ECDA7C #F4E9B2 #FBF7E4 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F4E9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#F4E9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E9B2

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E9B2	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7EAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEE1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.072 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f0c9',
    500: '#f4e9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e9b2;
$custom-light: #f8f0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92953,
    "c": 0.07177,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E9B2

secondary

#7686D4

accent

#30D70E

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E9B2

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

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