#F4ECC9#F4ECC9

#F4ECC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.047 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4ECC9
RGB	rgb(244, 236, 201)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(49, 18%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 17.6%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.21, -2.91, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.21, 18.20, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(94.04% -0.0053 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(94.04% 0.047 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(77.8457, 83.4422, 67.2521)
Luminance	0.8344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4ECC9 #C9D1F4

analogous

#F4D7C9 #F4ECC9 #E7F4C9

triadic

#F4ECC9 #C9F4EC #ECC9F4

tetradic

#F4ECC9 #C9F4D7 #C9D1F4 #F4C9E7

square

#F4ECC9 #C9F4D7 #C9D1F4 #F4C9E7

split-complementary

#F4ECC9 #C9E7F4 #D7C9F4

monochromatic

#DFC863 #EADA96 #F4ECC9 #FAF6E6 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F4ECC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.69

#F4ECC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4ECC9

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4ECC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4ECC9	1.00	1.19	17.69	17.69
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4EAC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6EDCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE7E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4ecc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 236, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.047 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f2d9',
    500: '#f4ecc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4ecc9;
$custom-light: #f8f2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4ecc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 87.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94044,
    "c": 0.04657,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.83441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4ECC9

secondary

#8C9AD5

accent

#39CE17

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFB

border

#D7D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4ECC9

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

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