#F4E290#F4E290

#F4E290 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.104 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E290
RGB	rgb(244, 226, 144)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 41%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -5.03, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 42.56, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0132 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.104 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.5402, 75.6417, 37.3173)
Luminance	0.7564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E290 #90A2F4

analogous

#F4B090 #F4E290 #D4F490

triadic

#F4E290 #90F4E2 #E290F4

tetradic

#F4E290 #90F4B0 #90A2F4 #F490D4

square

#F4E290 #90F4B0 #90A2F4 #F490D4

split-complementary

#F4E290 #90D4F4 #B090F4

monochromatic

#E9C521 #EED358 #F4E290 #FAF1C8 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F4E290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#F4E290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E290

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E290	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 226, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.104 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eab1',
    500: '#f4e290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e290;
$custom-light: #f9eab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 81.967,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90943,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E290

secondary

#576DD1

accent

#2EDE07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E290

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

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