#F4E996#F4E996

#F4E996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.104 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E996
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 38.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -7.91, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 42.42, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(92.45% -0.0211 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(92.45% 0.104 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.9534, 79.7149, 40.4445)
Luminance	0.7971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E996 #96A1F4

analogous

#F4BA96 #F4E996 #D0F496

triadic

#F4E996 #96F4E9 #E996F4

tetradic

#F4E996 #96F4BA #96A1F4 #F496D0

square

#F4E996 #96F4BA #96A1F4 #F496D0

split-complementary

#F4E996 #96D0F4 #BA96F4

monochromatic

#E8D227 #EEDD5F #F4E996 #FAF5CD #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#F4E996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E996

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E996	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)

#F7E490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.104 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efb6',
    500: '#f4e996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e996;
$custom-light: #f9efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 81.034,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92446,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E996

secondary

#5C6AD2

accent

#21DD08

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E996

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

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