#F4E99C#F4E99C

#F4E99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.098 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E99C
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 36.1%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.65, -7.25, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.65, 39.47, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(92.55% -0.0188 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(92.55% 0.098 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.4490, 79.9131, 43.0544)
Luminance	0.7991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E99C #9CA7F4

analogous

#F4BD9C #F4E99C #D3F49C

triadic

#F4E99C #9CF4E9 #E99CF4

tetradic

#F4E99C #9CF4BD #9CA7F4 #F49CD3

square

#F4E99C #9CF4BD #9CA7F4 #F49CD3

split-complementary

#F4E99C #9CD3F4 #BD9CF4

monochromatic

#E8D12E #EEDD65 #F4E99C #FAF5D3 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#F4E99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E99C

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E99C	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)

#F7E496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.098 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efba',
    500: '#f4e99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e99c;
$custom-light: #f9efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92546,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E99C

secondary

#6270D3

accent

#24DC09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E99C

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

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