#F4E197#F4E197

#F4E197 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.095 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E197
RGB	rgb(244, 225, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 38.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -3.78, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 38.76, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0091 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.095 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.8207, 75.3201, 40.1325)
Luminance	0.7532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E197 #97AAF4

analogous

#F4B397 #F4E197 #D9F497

triadic

#F4E197 #97F4E1 #E197F4

tetradic

#F4E197 #97F4B3 #97AAF4 #F497D9

square

#F4E197 #97F4B3 #97AAF4 #F497D9

split-complementary

#F4E197 #97D9F4 #B397F4

monochromatic

#E8C128 #EED160 #F4E197 #FAF1CE #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#F4E197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E197

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E197	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)

#EFDD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 225, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.095 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eab6',
    500: '#f4e197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e197;
$custom-light: #f9eab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.742,
    "s": 80.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90858,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E197

secondary

#5D75D2

accent

#34DD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E197

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

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