#F4E499#F4E499

#F4E499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.096 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E499
RGB	rgb(244, 228, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.33, -5.07, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.33, 38.93, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0127 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.096 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.8027, 77.0219, 41.2679)
Luminance	0.7702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E499 #99A9F4

analogous

#F4B799 #F4E499 #D6F499

triadic

#F4E499 #99F4E4 #E499F4

tetradic

#F4E499 #99F4B7 #99A9F4 #F499D6

square

#F4E499 #99F4B7 #99A9F4 #F499D6

split-complementary

#F4E499 #99D6F4 #B799F4

monochromatic

#E8C72B #EED562 #F4E499 #FAF3D0 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#F4E499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E499

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E499	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)

#F2E094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 228, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.096 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ecb8',
    500: '#f4e499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e499;
$custom-light: #f9ecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.451,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91491,
    "c": 0.09593,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E499

secondary

#5F73D2

accent

#2EDD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E499

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

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