#F4E498#F4E498

#F4E498 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.097 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E498
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 37.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -5.18, 39.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 39.42, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0131 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.097 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.7204, 76.9890, 40.8347)
Luminance	0.7699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E498 #98A8F4

analogous

#F4B698 #F4E498 #D6F498

triadic

#F4E498 #98F4E4 #E498F4

tetradic

#F4E498 #98F4B6 #98A8F4 #F498D6

square

#F4E498 #98F4B6 #98A8F4 #F498D6

split-complementary

#F4E498 #98D6F4 #B698F4

monochromatic

#E8C729 #EED661 #F4E498 #FAF2CF #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#F4E498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E498

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E498	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.097 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb7',
    500: '#f4e498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e498;
$custom-light: #f9ecb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 80.702,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91474,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E498

secondary

#5E72D2

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E498

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

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