#F4E97C#F4E97C

#F4E97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.131 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E97C
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(55, 85%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 49.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.22, -10.43, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.22, 54.84, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.0306 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.131 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.0871, 78.9684, 30.6154)
Luminance	0.7897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E97C #7C87F4

analogous

#F4AD7C #F4E97C #C3F47C

triadic

#F4E97C #7CF4E9 #E97CF4

tetradic

#F4E97C #7CF4AD #7C87F4 #F47CC3

square

#F4E97C #7CF4AD #7C87F4 #F47CC3

split-complementary

#F4E97C #7CC3F4 #AD7CF4

monochromatic

#E3D013 #EFE044 #F4E97C #F9F2B4 #FDFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F4E97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#F4E97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E97C

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E97C	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.131 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faefa4',
    500: '#f4e97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e97c;
$custom-light: #faefa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 84.507,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9207,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E97C

secondary

#4552CF

accent

#19E105

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E97C

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

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