#F5E16D#F5E16D

#F5E16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E16D
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 87%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 55.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -7.25, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 58.74, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0231 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.3441, 74.3697, 25.2725)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E16D #6D81F5

analogous

#F59D6D #F5E16D #C5F56D

triadic

#F5E16D #6DF5E1 #E16DF5

tetradic

#F5E16D #6DF59D #6D81F5 #F56DC5

square

#F5E16D #6DF59D #6D81F5 #F56DC5

split-complementary

#F5E16D #6DC5F5 #9D6DF5

monochromatic

#D9BB0F #F1D534 #F5E16D #F9EDA6 #FDF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#F5E16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E16D

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E16D	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)

#F3DB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea9a',
    500: '#f5e16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e16d;
$custom-light: #fbea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 87.179,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90353,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E16D

secondary

#374ECF

accent

#23E402

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E16D

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

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