#F5D159#F5D159

#F5D159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.142 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5D159
RGB	rgb(245, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 63.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -0.51, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 62.42, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.006 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.142 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2628, 65.7380, 18.8584)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5D159 #597DF5

analogous

#F58359 #F5D159 #CBF559

triadic

#F5D159 #59F5D1 #D159F5

tetradic

#F5D159 #59F583 #597DF5 #F559CB

square

#F5D159 #59F583 #597DF5 #F559CB

split-complementary

#F5D159 #59CBF5 #8359F5

monochromatic

#C89C0C #F2C11F #F5D159 #F8E193 #FCF1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#F5D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#F5D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5D159

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5D159	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.142 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcde8d',
    500: '#f5d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5d159;
$custom-light: #fcde8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 88.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86942,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5D159

secondary

#2E51C4

accent

#35E500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5D159

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

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