#F4E995#F4E995

#F4E995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.105 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E995
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 38.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.54, -8.02, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.54, 42.91, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.43% -0.0215 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(92.43% 0.105 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.8732, 79.6828, 40.0222)
Luminance	0.7968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E995 #95A0F4

analogous

#F4BA95 #F4E995 #CFF495

triadic

#F4E995 #95F4E9 #E995F4

tetradic

#F4E995 #95F4BA #95A0F4 #F495CF

square

#F4E995 #95F4BA #95A0F4 #F495CF

split-complementary

#F4E995 #95CFF4 #BA95F4

monochromatic

#E8D226 #EEDD5E #F4E995 #FAF5CC #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#F4E995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E995

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E995	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E48F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.105 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efb5',
    500: '#f4e995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e995;
$custom-light: #f9efb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 81.197,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9243,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E995

secondary

#5B69D2

accent

#21DE08

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E995

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

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