#F4E695#F4E695

#F4E695 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.102 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E695
RGB	rgb(244, 230, 149)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 38.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -6.52, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 41.68, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.0171 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.102 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.0312, 77.9987, 39.7415)
Luminance	0.7800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E695 #95A3F4

analogous

#F4B795 #F4E695 #D3F495

triadic

#F4E695 #95F4E6 #E695F4

tetradic

#F4E695 #95F4B7 #95A3F4 #F495D3

square

#F4E695 #95F4B7 #95A3F4 #F495D3

split-complementary

#F4E695 #95D3F4 #B795F4

monochromatic

#E8CC26 #EED95E #F4E695 #FAF3CC #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F4E695 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#F4E695 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E695

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E695	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E695	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e695;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 230, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.102 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb5',
    500: '#f4e695',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e695;
$custom-light: #f9edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e695",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 81.197,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91826,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E695

secondary

#5B6DD2

accent

#27DE08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E695

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

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