#F4E497#F4E497

#F4E497 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.098 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E497
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 38.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -5.29, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 39.91, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.0135 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.098 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.6389, 76.9564, 40.4052)
Luminance	0.7695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E497 #97A7F4

analogous

#F4B597 #F4E497 #D6F497

triadic

#F4E497 #97F4E4 #E497F4

tetradic

#F4E497 #97F4B5 #97A7F4 #F497D6

square

#F4E497 #97F4B5 #97A7F4 #F497D6

split-complementary

#F4E497 #97D6F4 #B597F4

monochromatic

#E8C728 #EED660 #F4E497 #FAF2CE #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#F4E497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E497

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E497	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.098 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb6',
    500: '#f4e497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e497;
$custom-light: #f9ecb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 80.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91457,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E497

secondary

#5D71D2

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E497

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

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