#F4E490#F4E490

#F4E490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.106 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E490
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 41%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.20, -6.04, 42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.20, 43.34, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0161 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.106 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.0872, 76.7357, 37.4997)
Luminance	0.7673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E490 #90A0F4

analogous

#F4B290 #F4E490 #D2F490

triadic

#F4E490 #90F4E4 #E490F4

tetradic

#F4E490 #90F4B2 #90A0F4 #F490D2

square

#F4E490 #90F4B2 #90A0F4 #F490D2

split-complementary

#F4E490 #90D2F4 #B290F4

monochromatic

#E9C921 #EED658 #F4E490 #FAF2C8 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#F4E490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E490

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E490	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.106 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb1',
    500: '#f4e490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e490;
$custom-light: #f9ecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 81.967,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91344,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E490

secondary

#576AD1

accent

#2ADE07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E490

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

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