#F5D956#F5D956

#F5D956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.150 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5D956
RGB	rgb(245, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.86, -4.75, 65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.86, 65.98, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.51% -0.0186 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(88.51% 0.15 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1517, 69.7132, 18.8792)
Luminance	0.6971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5D956 #5672F5

analogous

#F58A56 #F5D956 #C2F556

triadic

#F5D956 #56F5D9 #D956F5

tetradic

#F5D956 #56F58A #5672F5 #F556C2

square

#F5D956 #56F58A #5672F5 #F556C2

split-complementary

#F5D956 #56C2F5 #8A56F5

monochromatic

#C5A40C #F2CC1C #F5D956 #F8E690 #FCF3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#F5D956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#F5D956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5D956

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5D956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5D956	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5d956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.150 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fce48b',
    500: '#f5d956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5d956;
$custom-light: #fce48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5d956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.434,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88511,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5D956

secondary

#2D47C2

accent

#28E500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5D956

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

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