#F4E493#F4E493

#F4E493 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.103 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E493
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 147)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 39.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -5.72, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 41.87, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.015 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.103 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.3195, 76.8286, 38.7233)
Luminance	0.7683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E493 #93A3F4

analogous

#F4B493 #F4E493 #D4F493

triadic

#F4E493 #93F4E4 #E493F4

tetradic

#F4E493 #93F4B4 #93A3F4 #F493D4

square

#F4E493 #93F4B4 #93A3F4 #F493D4

split-complementary

#F4E493 #93D4F4 #B493F4

monochromatic

#E9C824 #EED65B #F4E493 #FAF2CB #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E493 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#F4E493 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E493

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E493	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E493	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e493;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.103 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb3',
    500: '#f4e493',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e493;
$custom-light: #f9ecb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e493",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 81.513,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91392,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E493

secondary

#596DD2

accent

#2BDE08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E493

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

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