#F4E495#F4E495

#F4E495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.100 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E495
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 38.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -5.51, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 40.89, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0142 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.1 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.4778, 76.8920, 39.5570)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E495 #95A5F4

analogous

#F4B595 #F4E495 #D4F495

triadic

#F4E495 #95F4E4 #E495F4

tetradic

#F4E495 #95F4B5 #95A5F4 #F495D4

square

#F4E495 #95F4B5 #95A5F4 #F495D4

split-complementary

#F4E495 #95D4F4 #B595F4

monochromatic

#E8C826 #EED65E #F4E495 #FAF2CC #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#F4E495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E495

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E495	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.100 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb5',
    500: '#f4e495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e495;
$custom-light: #f9ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 81.197,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91424,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E495

secondary

#5B6FD2

accent

#2CDE08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E495

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

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