#F4E199#F4E199

#F4E199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.093 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E199
RGB	rgb(244, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.57, -3.56, 37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.57, 37.77, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0083 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.093 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.9845, 75.3856, 40.9952)
Luminance	0.7538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E199 #99ACF4

analogous

#F4B499 #F4E199 #D9F499

triadic

#F4E199 #99F4E1 #E199F4

tetradic

#F4E199 #99F4B4 #99ACF4 #F499D9

square

#F4E199 #99F4B4 #99ACF4 #F499D9

split-complementary

#F4E199 #99D9F4 #B499F4

monochromatic

#E8C12B #EED162 #F4E199 #FAF1D0 #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F4E199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#F4E199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E199

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E199	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.093 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eab8',
    500: '#f4e199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e199;
$custom-light: #f9eab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.473,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90892,
    "c": 0.09317,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E199

secondary

#5F77D2

accent

#35DD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E199

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

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