#F5DC56#F5DC56

#F5DC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.152 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5DC56
RGB	rgb(245, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -6.27, 66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 66.91, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0229 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.152 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.9320, 71.2738, 19.1393)
Luminance	0.7127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5DC56 #566FF5

analogous

#F58C56 #F5DC56 #BFF556

triadic

#F5DC56 #56F5DC #DC56F5

tetradic

#F5DC56 #56F58C #566FF5 #F556BF

square

#F5DC56 #56F58C #566FF5 #F556BF

split-complementary

#F5DC56 #56BFF5 #8C56F5

monochromatic

#C5A80C #F2D01C #F5DC56 #F8E890 #FCF4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#F5DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.25

#F5DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5DC56

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5DC56	1.00	1.38	15.25	15.25
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.152 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fce68c',
    500: '#f5dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5dc56;
$custom-light: #fce68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.566,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89114,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5DC56

secondary

#2D45C2

accent

#24E500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5DC56

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

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