#F4E597#F4E597

#F4E597 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.099 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E597
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 38.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -5.80, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 40.30, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.66% -0.0149 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(91.66% 0.099 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.9147, 77.5082, 40.4972)
Luminance	0.7751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E597 #97A6F4

analogous

#F4B797 #F4E597 #D4F497

triadic

#F4E597 #97F4E5 #E597F4

tetradic

#F4E597 #97F4B7 #97A6F4 #F497D4

square

#F4E597 #97F4B7 #97A6F4 #F497D4

split-complementary

#F4E597 #97D4F4 #B797F4

monochromatic

#E8C928 #EED760 #F4E597 #FAF3CE #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#F4E597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E597

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E597	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.099 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb6',
    500: '#f4e597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e597;
$custom-light: #f9edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 80.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91658,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E597

secondary

#5D70D2

accent

#2BDD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E597

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

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