#F4E697#F4E697

#F4E697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.100 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E697
RGB	rgb(244, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 38.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -6.30, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 40.70, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0164 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.1 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.1922, 78.0631, 40.5897)
Luminance	0.7806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E697 #97A5F4

analogous

#F4B897 #F4E697 #D3F497

triadic

#F4E697 #97F4E6 #E697F4

tetradic

#F4E697 #97F4B8 #97A5F4 #F497D3

square

#F4E697 #97F4B8 #97A5F4 #F497D3

split-complementary

#F4E697 #97D3F4 #B897F4

monochromatic

#E8CB28 #EED960 #F4E697 #FAF3CE #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F4E697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#F4E697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E697

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E697	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)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.100 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb6',
    500: '#f4e697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e697;
$custom-light: #f9edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 80.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91859,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E697

secondary

#5D6FD2

accent

#28DD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E697

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

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