#F4E595#F4E595

#F4E595 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.101 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E595
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 149)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 38.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -6.01, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 41.29, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0157 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.101 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.7537, 77.4437, 39.6490)
Luminance	0.7744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E595 #95A4F4

analogous

#F4B595 #F4E595 #D4F495

triadic

#F4E595 #95F4E5 #E595F4

tetradic

#F4E595 #95F4B5 #95A4F4 #F495D4

square

#F4E595 #95F4B5 #95A4F4 #F495D4

split-complementary

#F4E595 #95D4F4 #B595F4

monochromatic

#E8CA26 #EED75E #F4E595 #FAF3CC #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#F4E595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E595

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E595	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.101 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb5',
    500: '#f4e595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e595;
$custom-light: #f9edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 81.197,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91625,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E595

secondary

#5B6ED2

accent

#2ADE08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E595

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

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