#F4E396#F4E396

#F4E396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.098 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E396
RGB	rgb(244, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 38.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -4.90, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 40.01, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0124 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.098 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.2837, 76.3754, 39.8879)
Luminance	0.7637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E396 #96A7F4

analogous

#F4B496 #F4E396 #D6F496

triadic

#F4E396 #96F4E3 #E396F4

tetradic

#F4E396 #96F4B4 #96A7F4 #F496D6

square

#F4E396 #96F4B4 #96A7F4 #F496D6

split-complementary

#F4E396 #96D6F4 #B496F4

monochromatic

#E8C527 #EED45F #F4E396 #FAF2CD #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F4E396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#F4E396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E396

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E396	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.098 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ebb5',
    500: '#f4e396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e396;
$custom-light: #f9ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9124,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E396

secondary

#5C71D2

accent

#2FDD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E396

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

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