#F4E491#F4E491

#F4E491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.105 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E491
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 145)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 40.6%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -5.93, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 42.85, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0158 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.105 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.1639, 76.7664, 37.9040)
Luminance	0.7676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E491 #91A1F4

analogous

#F4B391 #F4E491 #D3F491

triadic

#F4E491 #91F4E4 #E491F4

tetradic

#F4E491 #91F4B3 #91A1F4 #F491D3

square

#F4E491 #91F4B3 #91A1F4 #F491D3

split-complementary

#F4E491 #91D3F4 #B391F4

monochromatic

#E9C922 #EED659 #F4E491 #FAF2C9 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#F4E491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E491

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E491	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)

#F3E08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.105 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb2',
    500: '#f4e491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e491;
$custom-light: #f9ecb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9136,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E491

secondary

#586BD2

accent

#2ADE07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E491

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

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