#F5E173#F5E173

#F5E173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.132 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E173
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 87%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 53.1%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -6.79, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 56.02, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0211 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.132 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.6782, 74.5033, 27.0320)
Luminance	0.7450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E173 #7387F5

analogous

#F5A073 #F5E173 #C8F573

triadic

#F5E173 #73F5E1 #E173F5

tetradic

#F5E173 #73F5A0 #7387F5 #F573C8

square

#F5E173 #73F5A0 #7387F5 #F573C8

split-complementary

#F5E173 #73C8F5 #A073F5

monochromatic

#DEBE10 #F1D53A #F5E173 #F9EDAC #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#F5E173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E173

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E173	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)

#F3DC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.132 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea9e',
    500: '#f5e173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e173;
$custom-light: #fbea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90423,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E173

secondary

#3D53CF

accent

#25E302

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E173

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

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