What color is #F4E1B6?

#F4E1B6 is a very light, moderate orange known as Soft Butter. It belongs to the beige family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Soft Butter?

The RGB value is 244, 225, 182: 244 red, 225 green and 182 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Soft Butter?

The complementary color is #B6C9F4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #F4E1B6?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.29:1 and white text 1.29:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Soft Butter color: hex code #F4E1B6

#F4E1B6 rgb(244, 225, 182)

Shades of beige

Soft Butter has the hex code #F4E1B6. It is a very light, moderate orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 95.7% red, 88.2% green and 71.4% blue (244, 225, 182).

Its hue angle is 42°, with 74% saturation and 84% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 25% yellow and 4% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 16.29:1).

Soft Butter (#F4E1B6) color codes

HEX	`#F4E1B6`
RGB	`rgb(244, 225, 182)`
RGB percent	`rgb(95.7%, 88.2%, 71.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(42, 74%, 84%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(42, 25%, 96%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 8%, 25%, 4%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(90.07, 0, 23.43)`
CIE LCH	`lch(90.07, 23.43, 89.99)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(72.677, 76.463, 55.177)`
Decimal	`16048566`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Soft Butter, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #F4E1B6	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	16.29:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.29:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#F4E1B6 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.29:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	16.29:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #F4E1B6 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #f4e1b6; }
.text { color: #f4e1b6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e1b6; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(244 225 182 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #f4e1b6, #e8f4b6); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #F4E1B6 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #F4E1B6?: #F4E1B6 is a very light, moderate orange known as Soft Butter. It belongs to the beige family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Soft Butter?: The RGB value is 244, 225, 182: 244 red, 225 green and 182 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Soft Butter?: The complementary color is #B6C9F4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #F4E1B6?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 16.29:1 and white text 1.29:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.