#F5E165#F5E165

#F5E165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.145 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E165
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 88%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 58.8%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -7.83, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 62.27, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0257 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.145 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.9329, 74.2052, 23.1068)
Luminance	0.7420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E165 #6579F5

analogous

#F59965 #F5E165 #C1F565

triadic

#F5E165 #65F5E1 #E165F5

tetradic

#F5E165 #65F599 #6579F5 #F565C1

square

#F5E165 #65F599 #6579F5 #F565C1

split-complementary

#F5E165 #65C1F5 #9965F5

monochromatic

#D2B70E #F1D62C #F5E165 #F9EC9E #FCF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#F5E165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#F5E165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E165

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E165	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.145 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea95',
    500: '#f5e165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e165;
$custom-light: #fbea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 87.805,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90266,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E165

secondary

#3147CD

accent

#21E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E165

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

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