#F5E172#F5E172

#F5E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.133 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E172
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 53.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -6.87, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 56.48, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0215 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.133 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.6210, 74.4804, 26.7306)
Luminance	0.7448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E172 #7286F5

analogous

#F5A072 #F5E172 #C7F572

triadic

#F5E172 #72F5E1 #E172F5

tetradic

#F5E172 #72F5A0 #7286F5 #F572C7

square

#F5E172 #72F5A0 #7286F5 #F572C7

split-complementary

#F5E172 #72C7F5 #A072F5

monochromatic

#DDBE10 #F1D539 #F5E172 #F9EDAB #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#F5E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E172

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E172	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.133 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea9d',
    500: '#f5e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e172;
$custom-light: #fbea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90411,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E172

secondary

#3C52CF

accent

#25E302

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E172

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

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