#F5DD56#F5DD56

#F5DD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.153 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5DD56
RGB	rgb(245, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -6.77, 66.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 67.23, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0243 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.153 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.1952, 71.8002, 19.2270)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5DD56 #566EF5

analogous

#F58D56 #F5DD56 #BEF556

triadic

#F5DD56 #56F5DD #DD56F5

tetradic

#F5DD56 #56F58D #566EF5 #F556BE

square

#F5DD56 #56F58D #566EF5 #F556BE

split-complementary

#F5DD56 #56BEF5 #8D56F5

monochromatic

#C5A90C #F2D11C #F5DD56 #F8E990 #FCF4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#F5DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#F5DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5DD56

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5DD56	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.153 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fce78c',
    500: '#f5dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5dd56;
$custom-light: #fce78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.943,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89316,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5DD56

secondary

#2D44C2

accent

#23E500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5DD56

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

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