#F5DC79#F5DC79

#F5DC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.123 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5DC79
RGB	rgb(245, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 50.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -3.77, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 51.50, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0118 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.123 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.7028, 71.9821, 28.4658)
Luminance	0.7198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5DC79 #7992F5

analogous

#F59E79 #F5DC79 #D0F579

triadic

#F5DC79 #79F5DC #DC79F5

tetradic

#F5DC79 #79F59E #7992F5 #F579D0

square

#F5DC79 #79F59E #7992F5 #F579D0

split-complementary

#F5DC79 #79D0F5 #9E79F5

monochromatic

#E3B811 #F1CD40 #F5DC79 #F9EBB2 #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F5DC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#F5DC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5DC79

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5DC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5DC79	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5dc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.123 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbe6a2',
    500: '#f5dc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5dc79;
$custom-light: #fbe6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5dc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89495,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5DC79

secondary

#425FD0

accent

#30E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5DC79

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

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