#F4E796#F4E796

#F4E796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.102 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E796
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 38.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -6.91, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 41.60, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(92.04% -0.0182 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(92.04% 0.102 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.3904, 78.5889, 40.2568)
Luminance	0.7859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E796 #96A3F4

analogous

#F4B896 #F4E796 #D2F496

triadic

#F4E796 #96F4E7 #E796F4

tetradic

#F4E796 #96F4B8 #96A3F4 #F496D2

square

#F4E796 #96F4B8 #96A3F4 #F496D2

split-complementary

#F4E796 #96D2F4 #B896F4

monochromatic

#E8CE27 #EEDA5F #F4E796 #FAF4CD #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F4E796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#F4E796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E796

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E796	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.102 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eeb6',
    500: '#f4e796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e796;
$custom-light: #f9eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.702,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92043,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E796

secondary

#5C6CD2

accent

#26DD08

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E796

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

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