#F5DB5B#F5DB5B

#F5DB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.148 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5DB5B
RGB	rgb(245, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 89%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -5.47, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 64.54, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.02 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.148 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.8788, 70.8339, 20.1504)
Luminance	0.7083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5DB5B #5B75F5

analogous

#F58E5B #F5DB5B #C2F55B

triadic

#F5DB5B #5BF5DB #DB5BF5

tetradic

#F5DB5B #5BF58E #5B75F5 #F55BC2

square

#F5DB5B #5BF58E #5B75F5 #F55BC2

split-complementary

#F5DB5B #5BC2F5 #8E5BF5

monochromatic

#C9A90C #F1CE21 #F5DB5B #F9E895 #FCF4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F5DB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#F5DB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5DB5B

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5DB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5DB5B	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5db5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.148 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fce58f',
    500: '#f5db5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5db5b;
$custom-light: #fce58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5db5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88958,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5DB5B

secondary

#2E48C6

accent

#27E500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5DB5B

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

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