#F5E170#F5E170

#F5E170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E170
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 112)
HSL	hsl(51, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 54.3%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -7.03, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 57.39, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0222 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.5084, 74.4354, 26.1376)
Luminance	0.7443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E170 #7084F5

analogous

#F59E70 #F5E170 #C7F570

triadic

#F5E170 #70F5E1 #E170F5

tetradic

#F5E170 #70F59E #7084F5 #F570C7

square

#F5E170 #70F59E #7084F5 #F570C7

split-complementary

#F5E170 #70C7F5 #9E70F5

monochromatic

#DBBD0F #F1D537 #F5E170 #F9EDA9 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#F5E170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E170

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E170	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea9c',
    500: '#f5e170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e170;
$custom-light: #fbea9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 86.928,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90387,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E170

secondary

#3A51CF

accent

#24E302

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E170

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

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