#F4E593#F4E593

#F4E593 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.104 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E593
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 147)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 39.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -6.23, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 42.26, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0164 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.104 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.5954, 77.3804, 38.8153)
Luminance	0.7738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E593 #93A2F4

analogous

#F4B593 #F4E593 #D3F493

triadic

#F4E593 #93F4E5 #E593F4

tetradic

#F4E593 #93F4B5 #93A2F4 #F493D3

square

#F4E593 #93F4B5 #93A2F4 #F493D3

split-complementary

#F4E593 #93D3F4 #B593F4

monochromatic

#E9CA24 #EED85B #F4E593 #FAF2CB #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#F4E593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E593

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E593	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E08D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.104 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb3',
    500: '#f4e593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e593;
$custom-light: #f9edb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.722,
    "s": 81.513,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91592,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E593

secondary

#596CD2

accent

#29DE08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E593

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

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