#F4E799#F4E799

#F4E799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.099 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E799
RGB	rgb(244, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -6.58, 39.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 40.12, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(92.09% -0.017 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(92.09% 0.099 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.6351, 78.6868, 41.5454)
Luminance	0.7869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E799 #99A6F4

analogous

#F4BA99 #F4E799 #D3F499

triadic

#F4E799 #99F4E7 #E799F4

tetradic

#F4E799 #99F4BA #99A6F4 #F499D3

square

#F4E799 #99F4BA #99A6F4 #F499D3

split-complementary

#F4E799 #99D3F4 #BA99F4

monochromatic

#E8CD2B #EEDA62 #F4E799 #FAF4D0 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#F4E799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E799

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E799	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.099 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eeb8',
    500: '#f4e799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e799;
$custom-light: #f9eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92093,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E799

secondary

#5F6FD2

accent

#27DD09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E799

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

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