#F5E16C#F5E16C

#F5E16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E16C
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(51, 87%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 55.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -7.33, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 59.19, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0235 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.2906, 74.3483, 24.9906)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E16C #6C80F5

analogous

#F59D6C #F5E16C #C5F56C

triadic

#F5E16C #6CF5E1 #E16CF5

tetradic

#F5E16C #6CF59D #6C80F5 #F56CC5

square

#F5E16C #6CF59D #6C80F5 #F56CC5

split-complementary

#F5E16C #6CC5F5 #9D6CF5

monochromatic

#D8BB0F #F1D533 #F5E16C #F9EDA5 #FDF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#F5E16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E16C

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E16C	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.139 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea99',
    500: '#f5e16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e16c;
$custom-light: #fbea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 87.261,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90342,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E16C

secondary

#374DCF

accent

#23E402

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E16C

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

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