#F4E997#F4E997

#F4E997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E997
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 81%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 38.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -7.80, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 41.93, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(92.46% -0.0207 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(92.46% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.0343, 79.7472, 40.8703)
Luminance	0.7974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E997 #97A2F4

analogous

#F4BA97 #F4E997 #D1F497

triadic

#F4E997 #97F4E9 #E997F4

tetradic

#F4E997 #97F4BA #97A2F4 #F497D1

square

#F4E997 #97F4BA #97A2F4 #F497D1

split-complementary

#F4E997 #97D1F4 #BA97F4

monochromatic

#E8D228 #EEDD60 #F4E997 #FAF5CE #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#F4E997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E997

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E997	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efb6',
    500: '#f4e997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e997;
$custom-light: #f9efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 80.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92462,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E997

secondary

#5D6BD2

accent

#21DD08

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E997

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

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