#F4E797#F4E797

#F4E797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.101 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E797
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 151)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 38.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -6.80, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 41.11, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(92.06% -0.0178 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(92.06% 0.101 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.4713, 78.6213, 40.6827)
Luminance	0.7862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E797 #97A4F4

analogous

#F4B997 #F4E797 #D2F497

triadic

#F4E797 #97F4E7 #E797F4

tetradic

#F4E797 #97F4B9 #97A4F4 #F497D2

square

#F4E797 #97F4B9 #97A4F4 #F497D2

split-complementary

#F4E797 #97D2F4 #B997F4

monochromatic

#E8CD28 #EEDA60 #F4E797 #FAF4CE #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F4E797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#F4E797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E797

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E797	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)

#F5E291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.101 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eeb6',
    500: '#f4e797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e797;
$custom-light: #f9eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 80.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9206,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E797

secondary

#5D6DD2

accent

#26DD08

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E797

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

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