#F4E99A#F4E99A

#F4E99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.100 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E99A
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 154)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 36.9%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -7.48, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 40.46, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0195 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.1 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.2810, 79.8459, 42.1698)
Luminance	0.7984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E99A #9AA5F4

analogous

#F4BC9A #F4E99A #D2F49A

triadic

#F4E99A #9AF4E9 #E99AF4

tetradic

#F4E99A #9AF4BC #9AA5F4 #F49AD2

square

#F4E99A #9AF4BC #9AA5F4 #F49AD2

split-complementary

#F4E99A #9AD2F4 #BC9AF4

monochromatic

#E8D12C #EEDD63 #F4E99A #FAF5D1 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#F4E99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E99A

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E99A	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.100 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efb8',
    500: '#f4e99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e99a;
$custom-light: #f9efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 80.357,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92512,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E99A

secondary

#606ED2

accent

#23DD09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E99A

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

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