#F4EC99#F4EC99

#F4EC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.104 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F4EC99
RGB	rgb(244, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 37.3%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.37, -9.08, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.37, 42.22, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(93.1% -0.0242 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(93.1% 0.104 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.0546, 81.5257, 42.0185)
Luminance	0.8152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F4EC99 #99A1F4

analogous

#F4BE99 #F4EC99 #CFF499

triadic

#F4EC99 #99F4EC #EC99F4

tetradic

#F4EC99 #99F4BE #99A1F4 #F499CF

square

#F4EC99 #99F4BE #99A1F4 #F499CF

split-complementary

#F4EC99 #99CFF4 #BE99F4

monochromatic

#E8D72B #EEE262 #F4EC99 #FAF6D0 #FCFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F4EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#F4EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F4EC99

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F4EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F4EC99	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f4ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(244, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.104 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9f2b8',
    500: '#f4ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f4ec99;
$custom-light: #f9f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f4ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 244,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.725,
    "s": 80.531,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93101,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F4EC99

secondary

#5F69D2

accent

#1BDD09

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F4EC99

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

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