#F5E169#F5E169

#F5E169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.141 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E169
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 88%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.1%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -7.55, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 60.52, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0244 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.141 100)
XYZ	xyz(67.1337, 74.2855, 24.1642)
Luminance	0.7428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E169 #697DF5

analogous

#F59B69 #F5E169 #C3F569

triadic

#F5E169 #69F5E1 #E169F5

tetradic

#F5E169 #69F59B #697DF5 #F569C3

square

#F5E169 #69F59B #697DF5 #F569C3

split-complementary

#F5E169 #69C3F5 #9B69F5

monochromatic

#D5B90E #F1D630 #F5E169 #F9ECA2 #FDF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#F5E169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E169

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E169	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.141 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea98',
    500: '#f5e169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e169;
$custom-light: #fbea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90309,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.74283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E169

secondary

#344ACE

accent

#22E401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E169

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

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