#F4E698#F4E698

#F4E698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.099 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E698
RGB	rgb(244, 230, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 37.7%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.82, -6.19, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.82, 40.21, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.88% -0.016 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(91.88% 0.099 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.2738, 78.0958, 41.0192)
Luminance	0.7809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E698 #98A6F4

analogous

#F4B898 #F4E698 #D4F498

triadic

#F4E698 #98F4E6 #E698F4

tetradic

#F4E698 #98F4B8 #98A6F4 #F498D4

square

#F4E698 #98F4B8 #98A6F4 #F498D4

split-complementary

#F4E698 #98D4F4 #B898F4

monochromatic

#E8CB29 #EED961 #F4E698 #FAF3CF #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F4E698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#F4E698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E698

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E698	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 230, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.099 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb7',
    500: '#f4e698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e698;
$custom-light: #f9edb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 80.702,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91875,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E698

secondary

#5E70D2

accent

#29DD08

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E698

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

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