#F4E99F#F4E99F

#F4E99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.094 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4E99F
RGB	rgb(244, 233, 159)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 34.8%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.69, -6.91, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.69, 37.99, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.6% -0.0176 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(92.6% 0.094 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.7061, 80.0160, 44.4088)
Luminance	0.8001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4E99F #9FAAF4

analogous

#F4BF9F #F4E99F #D5F49F

triadic

#F4E99F #9FF4E9 #E99FF4

tetradic

#F4E99F #9FF4BF #9FAAF4 #F49FD5

square

#F4E99F #9FF4BF #9FAAF4 #F49FD5

split-complementary

#F4E99F #9FD5F4 #BF9FF4

monochromatic

#E7D031 #EEDC68 #F4E99F #FAF6D6 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F4E99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#F4E99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4E99F

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4E99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4E99F	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)

#F6E49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4e99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 233, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.094 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9efbc',
    500: '#f4e99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4e99f;
$custom-light: #f9efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4e99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.235,
    "s": 79.439,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92597,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4E99F

secondary

#6473D3

accent

#25DC0A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4E99F

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

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