#F4E397#F4E397

#F4E397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.097 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E397
RGB	rgb(244, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 38.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.05, -4.79, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.05, 39.52, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.012 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.097 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.3646, 76.4078, 40.3138)
Luminance	0.7641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E397 #97A8F4

analogous

#F4B497 #F4E397 #D7F497

triadic

#F4E397 #97F4E3 #E397F4

tetradic

#F4E397 #97F4B4 #97A8F4 #F497D7

square

#F4E397 #97F4B4 #97A8F4 #F497D7

split-complementary

#F4E397 #97D7F4 #B497F4

monochromatic

#E8C528 #EED460 #F4E397 #FAF2CE #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F4E397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#F4E397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E397

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E397	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.097 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ebb6',
    500: '#f4e397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e397;
$custom-light: #f9ebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.032,
    "s": 80.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91257,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E397

secondary

#5D72D2

accent

#2FDD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E397

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

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