#F4E296#F4E296

#F4E296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.097 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E296
RGB	rgb(244, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 38.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -4.39, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 39.63, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0109 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.097 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.0110, 75.8300, 39.7970)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E296 #96A8F4

analogous

#F4B396 #F4E296 #D7F496

triadic

#F4E296 #96F4E2 #E296F4

tetradic

#F4E296 #96F4B3 #96A8F4 #F496D7

square

#F4E296 #96F4B3 #96A8F4 #F496D7

split-complementary

#F4E296 #96D7F4 #B396F4

monochromatic

#E8C327 #EED35F #F4E296 #FAF1CD #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F4E296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#F4E296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E296

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E296	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.097 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ebb5',
    500: '#f4e296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e296;
$custom-light: #f9ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9104,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E296

secondary

#5C73D2

accent

#31DD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E296

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

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