#F4E599#F4E599

#F4E599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.097 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E599
RGB	rgb(244, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -5.58, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 39.32, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0141 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.097 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.0785, 77.5737, 41.3598)
Luminance	0.7757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E599 #99A8F4

analogous

#F4B799 #F4E599 #D5F499

triadic

#F4E599 #99F4E5 #E599F4

tetradic

#F4E599 #99F4B7 #99A8F4 #F499D5

square

#F4E599 #99F4B7 #99A8F4 #F499D5

split-complementary

#F4E599 #99D5F4 #B799F4

monochromatic

#E8C92B #EED762 #F4E599 #FAF3D0 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#F4E599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E599

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E599	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)

#F3E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.097 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb8',
    500: '#f4e599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e599;
$custom-light: #f9edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.11,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91691,
    "c": 0.09689,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E599

secondary

#5F72D2

accent

#2CDD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E599

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

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