#F5E168#F5E168

#F5E168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E168
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 104)
HSL	hsl(51, 88%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -7.62, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 60.96, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0247 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(67.0826, 74.2651, 23.8951)
Luminance	0.7426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E168 #687CF5

analogous

#F59A68 #F5E168 #C3F568

triadic

#F5E168 #68F5E1 #E168F5

tetradic

#F5E168 #68F59A #687CF5 #F568C3

square

#F5E168 #68F59A #687CF5 #F568C3

split-complementary

#F5E168 #68C3F5 #9A68F5

monochromatic

#D5B80E #F1D62F #F5E168 #F9ECA1 #FDF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#F5E168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E168

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E168	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea97',
    500: '#f5e168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e168;
$custom-light: #fbea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 87.578,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90298,
    "c": 0.14225,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.74262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E168

secondary

#3349CE

accent

#22E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E168

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

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