#F4E299#F4E299

#F4E299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.094 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E299
RGB	rgb(244, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -4.06, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 38.15, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0098 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.094 96)
XYZ	xyz(70.2556, 75.9279, 41.0855)
Luminance	0.7593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E299 #99ABF4

analogous

#F4B499 #F4E299 #D8F499

triadic

#F4E299 #99F4E2 #E299F4

tetradic

#F4E299 #99F4B4 #99ABF4 #F499D8

square

#F4E299 #99F4B4 #99ABF4 #F499D8

split-complementary

#F4E299 #99D8F4 #B499F4

monochromatic

#E8C32B #EED262 #F4E299 #FAF2D0 #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F4E299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#F4E299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E299

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E299	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.094 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ebb8',
    500: '#f4e299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e299;
$custom-light: #f9ebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.132,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91091,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.75926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E299

secondary

#5F76D2

accent

#33DD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E299

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

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