#F4E994#F4E994

#F4E994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E994
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 148)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 39.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -8.13, 42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 43.40, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0218 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.7937, 79.6510, 39.6035)
Luminance	0.7965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E994 #949FF4

analogous

#F4B994 #F4E994 #CFF494

triadic

#F4E994 #94F4E9 #E994F4

tetradic

#F4E994 #94F4B9 #949FF4 #F494CF

square

#F4E994 #94F4B9 #949FF4 #F494CF

split-complementary

#F4E994 #94CFF4 #B994F4

monochromatic

#E9D225 #EEDE5D #F4E994 #FAF4CB #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#F4E994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E994

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E994	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E48E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efb4',
    500: '#f4e994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e994;
$custom-light: #f9efb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 81.356,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92414,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E994

secondary

#5A68D2

accent

#20DE08

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E994

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

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