#F4E596#F4E596

#F4E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.100 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E596
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 38.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -5.91, 40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 40.79, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0153 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.1 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.8339, 77.4758, 40.0713)
Luminance	0.7747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E596 #96A5F4

analogous

#F4B696 #F4E596 #D4F496

triadic

#F4E596 #96F4E5 #E596F4

tetradic

#F4E596 #96F4B6 #96A5F4 #F496D4

square

#F4E596 #96F4B6 #96A5F4 #F496D4

split-complementary

#F4E596 #96D4F4 #B696F4

monochromatic

#E8CA27 #EED75F #F4E596 #FAF3CD #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#F4E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E596

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E596	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)

#F3E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.100 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb6',
    500: '#f4e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e596;
$custom-light: #f9edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.426,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91641,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E596

secondary

#5C6FD2

accent

#2ADD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E596

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

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