#F4E196#F4E196

#F4E196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.097 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E196
RGB	rgb(244, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 38.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -3.89, 39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 39.25, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.0095 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.097 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.7399, 75.2878, 39.7066)
Luminance	0.7529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E196 #96A9F4

analogous

#F4B296 #F4E196 #D8F496

triadic

#F4E196 #96F4E1 #E196F4

tetradic

#F4E196 #96F4B2 #96A9F4 #F496D8

square

#F4E196 #96F4B2 #96A9F4 #F496D8

split-complementary

#F4E196 #96D8F4 #B296F4

monochromatic

#E8C127 #EED15F #F4E196 #FAF1CD #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#F4E196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E196

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E196	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.097 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eab5',
    500: '#f4e196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e196;
$custom-light: #f9eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.872,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90841,
    "c": 0.0965,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E196

secondary

#5C74D2

accent

#33DD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E196

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

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