#F5E16A#F5E16A

#F5E16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E16A
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 87%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -7.48, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 60.08, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0241 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.1854, 74.3062, 24.4364)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E16A #6A7EF5

analogous

#F59C6A #F5E16A #C4F56A

triadic

#F5E16A #6AF5E1 #E16AF5

tetradic

#F5E16A #6AF59C #6A7EF5 #F56AC4

square

#F5E16A #6AF59C #6A7EF5 #F56AC4

split-complementary

#F5E16A #6AC4F5 #9C6AF5

monochromatic

#D6B90E #F1D531 #F5E16A #F9EDA3 #FDF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#F5E16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E16A

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E16A	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)

#F4DB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea98',
    500: '#f5e16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e16a;
$custom-light: #fbea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 87.421,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9032,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E16A

secondary

#354BCE

accent

#22E402

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E16A

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

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