#F4E696#F4E696

#F4E696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.101 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E696
RGB	rgb(244, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 38.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -6.41, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 41.19, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0167 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.101 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.1114, 78.0308, 40.1638)
Luminance	0.7803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E696 #96A4F4

analogous

#F4B796 #F4E696 #D3F496

triadic

#F4E696 #96F4E6 #E696F4

tetradic

#F4E696 #96F4B7 #96A4F4 #F496D3

square

#F4E696 #96F4B7 #96A4F4 #F496D3

split-complementary

#F4E696 #96D3F4 #B796F4

monochromatic

#E8CC27 #EED95F #F4E696 #FAF3CD #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F4E696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#F4E696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E696

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E696	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.101 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb6',
    500: '#f4e696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e696;
$custom-light: #f9edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91842,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E696

secondary

#5C6ED2

accent

#28DD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E696

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

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