#F4E591#F4E591

#F4E591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.106 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E591
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 40.6%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -6.44, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 43.24, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0172 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.106 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.4398, 77.3182, 37.9959)
Luminance	0.7732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E591 #91A0F4

analogous

#F4B491 #F4E591 #D2F491

triadic

#F4E591 #91F4E5 #E591F4

tetradic

#F4E591 #91F4B4 #91A0F4 #F491D2

square

#F4E591 #91F4B4 #91A0F4 #F491D2

split-complementary

#F4E591 #91D2F4 #B491F4

monochromatic

#E9CB22 #EED859 #F4E591 #FAF2C9 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F4E591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#F4E591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E591

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E591	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E08B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.106 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb2',
    500: '#f4e591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e591;
$custom-light: #f9edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91561,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E591

secondary

#586AD2

accent

#28DE07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E591

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

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