#F4E496#F4E496

#F4E496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.099 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E496
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 38.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -5.40, 40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 40.40, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.44% -0.0138 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(91.44% 0.099 98)
XYZ	xyz(70.5580, 76.9240, 39.9793)
Luminance	0.7692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E496 #96A6F4

analogous

#F4B596 #F4E496 #D5F496

triadic

#F4E496 #96F4E4 #E496F4

tetradic

#F4E496 #96F4B5 #96A6F4 #F496D5

square

#F4E496 #96F4B5 #96A6F4 #F496D5

split-complementary

#F4E496 #96D5F4 #B596F4

monochromatic

#E8C827 #EED65F #F4E496 #FAF2CD #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#F4E496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E496

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E496	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)

#F2E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.099 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb6',
    500: '#f4e496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e496;
$custom-light: #f9ecb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91441,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.76922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E496

secondary

#5C70D2

accent

#2CDD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E496

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

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