#F4E99E#F4E99E

#F4E99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.095 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E99E
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 35.2%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.68, -7.03, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.68, 38.48, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(92.58% -0.018 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(92.58% 0.095 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.6197, 79.9814, 43.9537)
Luminance	0.7998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E99E #9EA9F4

analogous

#F4BE9E #F4E99E #D4F49E

triadic

#F4E99E #9EF4E9 #E99EF4

tetradic

#F4E99E #9EF4BE #9EA9F4 #F49ED4

square

#F4E99E #9EF4BE #9EA9F4 #F49ED4

split-complementary

#F4E99E #9ED4F4 #BE9EF4

monochromatic

#E8D030 #EEDD67 #F4E99E #FAF5D5 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#F4E99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E99E

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E99E	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.095 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efbb',
    500: '#f4e99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e99e;
$custom-light: #f9efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 79.63,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9258,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E99E

secondary

#6372D3

accent

#24DC0A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E99E

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

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