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#F4E4AE Butter Honey

#F4E4AE is a very light, muted yellow named Butter Honey. In the RGB color model it is made of 95.7% red, 89.4% green and 68.2% blue (rgb(244, 228, 174)). Its HSL value is 46° hue, 76% saturation and 82% lightness, and in CMYK it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 29% yellow and 4% black. #F4E4AE is a warm color. Black text reads best on it, with a contrast ratio of 16.56:1.

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Variations of #F4E4AE

Shades

Mixed with black: richer and darker.

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Tints

Mixed with white: lighter and softer.

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Tones

Mixed with gray: calmer and more muted.

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Hues

The same lightness and chroma, rotated around the color wheel.

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Temperatures

Cooler on the left, warmer on the right.

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#F4E4AE color harmonies

Complementary

The opposite hue — maximum contrast and energy.

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Split complementary

The two hues next to the complement — contrast with less tension.

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Analogous

Neighbouring hues — calm, cohesive and natural.

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Triadic

Three hues evenly spaced at 120° — vibrant yet balanced.

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Tetradic

Two complementary pairs — rich, best with one dominant color.

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Square

Four hues spaced at 90° — bold and playful.

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#F4E4AE for color-blind viewers (and dogs)

How #F4E4AE appears with each type of color vision deficiency (Machado 2009 model) — and to your dog. Try the dog vision simulator →

  • Dog vision 99% similarHow dogs see it · simulated as #F4E6B0
  • Protanopia 98% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #F0E1AA
  • Protanomaly 99% similar1.3% of men, 0.02% of women · simulated as #F1E2AC
  • Deuteranopia 99% similar1.2% of men, 0.01% of women · simulated as #F4E6B0
  • Deuteranomaly 100% similar5% of men, 0.35% of women · simulated as #F4E5AF
  • Tritanopia 87% similar0.001% of men, 0.03% of women · simulated as #FFDCD6
  • Tritanomaly 94% similar0.0001% of men, 0.0001% of women · simulated as #F8E1C1
  • Achromatopsia 86% similar0.003% of men, 0.003% of women · simulated as #E4E4E4
  • Achromatomaly 89% similar0.001% of men, 0.001% of women · simulated as #E8E4D8

#F4E4AE contrast checker

AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.27:1 Very poor#F4E4AE text on white
AA normalFailAAA normalFail
AA largeFailAAA largeFail
AaThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
16.56:1 Super#F4E4AE text on black
AA normalPassAAA normalPass
AA largePassAAA largePass

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#F4E4AE in CSS

/* Butter Honey */
.color { color: #F4E4AE; }
.background { background-color: #F4E4AE; }
.border { border: 1px solid #F4E4AE; }

/* Other notations */
color: rgb(244 228 174);
color: hsl(46 76% 82%);
color: oklch(0.919 0.072 93.5);

#F4E4AE FAQ

What color is #F4E4AE?

#F4E4AE is a very light, muted yellow. Its closest named color is Butter Honey. It belongs to the yellow color family and is a warm color.

What is the RGB value of #F4E4AE?

#F4E4AE is rgb(244, 228, 174) in RGB, hsl(46, 76%, 82%) in HSL and cmyk(0%, 7%, 29%, 4%) in CMYK.

What is the complementary color of #F4E4AE?

The complementary color of #F4E4AE is #AEBEF4, which sits opposite it on the color wheel.

Which text color works on #F4E4AE?

Black text has the best contrast on #F4E4AE: 16.56:1, which meets the WCAG AA requirement of 4.5:1 for normal text.

Is #F4E4AE a warm or cool color?

#F4E4AE is a warm color.