#F5DE72#F5DE72

#F5DE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5DE72
RGB	rgb(245, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 53.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -5.36, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 55.43, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0171 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.8171, 72.8727, 26.4626)
Luminance	0.7287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5DE72 #7289F5

analogous

#F59D72 #F5DE72 #CAF572

triadic

#F5DE72 #72F5DE #DE72F5

tetradic

#F5DE72 #72F59D #7289F5 #F572CA

square

#F5DE72 #72F59D #7289F5 #F572CA

split-complementary

#F5DE72 #72CAF5 #9D72F5

monochromatic

#DDB910 #F1D139 #F5DE72 #F9EBAB #FDF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#F5DE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#F5DE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5DE72

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5DE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5DE72	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5de72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbe89d',
    500: '#f5de72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5de72;
$custom-light: #fbe89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5de72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89807,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5DE72

secondary

#3C56CF

accent

#2AE302

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5DE72

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

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