#F4E99B#F4E99B

#F4E99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.099 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E99B
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 36.5%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.63, -7.36, 39.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.63, 39.96, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.53% -0.0192 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(92.53% 0.099 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.3646, 79.8794, 42.6103)
Luminance	0.7988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E99B #9BA6F4

analogous

#F4BC9B #F4E99B #D2F49B

triadic

#F4E99B #9BF4E9 #E99BF4

tetradic

#F4E99B #9BF4BC #9BA6F4 #F49BD2

square

#F4E99B #9BF4BC #9BA6F4 #F49BD2

split-complementary

#F4E99B #9BD2F4 #BC9BF4

monochromatic

#E8D12D #EEDD64 #F4E99B #FAF5D2 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#F4E99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E99B

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E99B	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.099 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efb9',
    500: '#f4e99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e99b;
$custom-light: #f9efb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.584,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92529,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E99B

secondary

#616FD3

accent

#23DD09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E99B

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

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