#F4E399#F4E399

#F4E399 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.095 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E399
RGB	rgb(244, 227, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -4.57, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 38.54, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.0112 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.095 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5284, 76.4733, 41.1764)
Luminance	0.7647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E399 #99AAF4

analogous

#F4B599 #F4E399 #D8F499

triadic

#F4E399 #99F4E3 #E399F4

tetradic

#F4E399 #99F4B5 #99AAF4 #F499D8

square

#F4E399 #99F4B5 #99AAF4 #F499D8

split-complementary

#F4E399 #99D8F4 #B599F4

monochromatic

#E8C52B #EED462 #F4E399 #FAF2D0 #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F4E399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#F4E399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E399

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E399	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 227, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.095 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ebb8',
    500: '#f4e399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e399;
$custom-light: #f9ebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.791,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91291,
    "c": 0.095,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E399

secondary

#5F74D2

accent

#30DD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E399

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

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