#F5DD72#F5DD72

#F5DD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.130 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5DD72
RGB	rgb(245, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 53.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -4.86, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 55.08, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.0157 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.13 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.5523, 72.3431, 26.3743)
Luminance	0.7234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5DD72 #728AF5

analogous

#F59C72 #F5DD72 #CBF572

triadic

#F5DD72 #72F5DD #DD72F5

tetradic

#F5DD72 #72F59C #728AF5 #F572CB

square

#F5DD72 #72F59C #728AF5 #F572CB

split-complementary

#F5DD72 #72CBF5 #9C72F5

monochromatic

#DDB710 #F1CF39 #F5DD72 #F9EBAB #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F5DD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#F5DD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5DD72

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5DD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5DD72	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5dd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.130 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbe79d',
    500: '#f5dd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5dd72;
$custom-light: #fbe79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5dd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89607,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5DD72

secondary

#3C57CF

accent

#2BE302

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5DD72

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

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