#F5DC78#F5DC78

#F5DC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.124 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5DC78
RGB	rgb(245, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 51%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -3.86, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 51.96, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0122 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.124 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.6418, 71.9577, 28.1446)
Luminance	0.7196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5DC78 #7891F5

analogous

#F59E78 #F5DC78 #D0F578

triadic

#F5DC78 #78F5DC #DC78F5

tetradic

#F5DC78 #78F59E #7891F5 #F578D0

square

#F5DC78 #78F59E #7891F5 #F578D0

split-complementary

#F5DC78 #78D0F5 #9E78F5

monochromatic

#E2B811 #F1CD3F #F5DC78 #F9EBB1 #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F5DC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#F5DC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5DC78

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5DC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5DC78	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5dc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.124 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbe6a1',
    500: '#f5dc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5dc78;
$custom-light: #fbe6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5dc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89482,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5DC78

secondary

#415ED0

accent

#30E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5DC78

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

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