#F4E598#F4E598

#F4E598 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.098 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E598
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 37.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -5.69, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 39.81, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0145 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.098 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.9963, 77.5408, 40.9267)
Luminance	0.7754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E598 #98A7F4

analogous

#F4B798 #F4E598 #D5F498

triadic

#F4E598 #98F4E5 #E598F4

tetradic

#F4E598 #98F4B7 #98A7F4 #F498D5

square

#F4E598 #98F4B7 #98A7F4 #F498D5

split-complementary

#F4E598 #98D5F4 #B798F4

monochromatic

#E8C929 #EED761 #F4E598 #FAF3CF #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#F4E598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E598

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E598	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.098 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb7',
    500: '#f4e598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e598;
$custom-light: #f9edb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 80.702,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91675,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E598

secondary

#5E71D2

accent

#2BDD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E598

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

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