#F5DB72#F5DB72

#F5DB72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.128 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5DB72
RGB	rgb(245, 219, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 53.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.63, -3.84, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.63, 54.41, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0128 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.128 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.0274, 71.2933, 26.1994)
Luminance	0.7129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5DB72 #728CF5

analogous

#F59A72 #F5DB72 #CDF572

triadic

#F5DB72 #72F5DB #DB72F5

tetradic

#F5DB72 #72F59A #728CF5 #F572CD

square

#F5DB72 #72F59A #728CF5 #F572CD

split-complementary

#F5DB72 #72CDF5 #9A72F5

monochromatic

#DDB410 #F1CC39 #F5DB72 #F9EAAB #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F5DB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#F5DB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5DB72

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5DB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5DB72	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5db72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 219, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.128 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbe59d',
    500: '#f5db72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5db72;
$custom-light: #fbe59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5db72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89206,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5DB72

secondary

#3C59CF

accent

#2FE302

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5DB72

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

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