#F4E899#F4E899

#F4E899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.100 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E899
RGB	rgb(244, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -7.08, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 40.53, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0185 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.1 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.9158, 79.2482, 41.6389)
Luminance	0.7925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E899 #99A5F4

analogous

#F4BA99 #F4E899 #D2F499

triadic

#F4E899 #99F4E8 #E899F4

tetradic

#F4E899 #99F4BA #99A5F4 #F499D2

square

#F4E899 #99F4BA #99A5F4 #F499D2

split-complementary

#F4E899 #99D2F4 #BA99F4

monochromatic

#E8CF2B #EEDC62 #F4E899 #FAF4D0 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#F4E899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E899

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E899	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.100 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efb8',
    500: '#f4e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e899;
$custom-light: #f9efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92294,
    "c": 0.09986,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E899

secondary

#5F6ED2

accent

#25DD09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E899

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

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