#F5DE56#F5DE56

#F5DE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.154 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5DE56
RGB	rgb(245, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 64.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -7.27, 67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 67.55, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0258 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.154 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.4600, 72.3298, 19.3153)
Luminance	0.7233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5DE56 #566DF5

analogous

#F58F56 #F5DE56 #BCF556

triadic

#F5DE56 #56F5DE #DE56F5

tetradic

#F5DE56 #56F58F #566DF5 #F556BC

square

#F5DE56 #56F58F #566DF5 #F556BC

split-complementary

#F5DE56 #56BCF5 #8F56F5

monochromatic

#C5AA0C #F2D31C #F5DE56 #F8E990 #FCF5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#F5DE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#F5DE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5DE56

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5DE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5DE56	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)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5de56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.154 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fce78c',
    500: '#f5de56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5de56;
$custom-light: #fce78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5de56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.321,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89518,
    "c": 0.15401,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5DE56

secondary

#2D43C2

accent

#21E500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5DE56

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

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