#F4E699#F4E699

#F4E699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.098 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E699
RGB	rgb(244, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.84, -6.08, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.84, 39.72, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0156 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.098 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.3560, 78.1286, 41.4523)
Luminance	0.7813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E699 #99A7F4

analogous

#F4B899 #F4E699 #D5F499

triadic

#F4E699 #99F4E6 #E699F4

tetradic

#F4E699 #99F4B8 #99A7F4 #F499D5

square

#F4E699 #99F4B8 #99A7F4 #F499D5

split-complementary

#F4E699 #99D5F4 #B899F4

monochromatic

#E8CB2B #EED862 #F4E699 #FAF4D0 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F4E699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#F4E699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E699

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E699	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.098 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb8',
    500: '#f4e699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e699;
$custom-light: #f9edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91892,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E699

secondary

#5F71D2

accent

#29DD09

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E699

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

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