#F5E178#F5E178

#F5E178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.128 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E178
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 51%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -6.38, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 53.72, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.49% -0.0194 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(90.49% 0.128 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.9737, 74.6216, 28.5885)
Luminance	0.7462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E178 #788CF5

analogous

#F5A378 #F5E178 #CBF578

triadic

#F5E178 #78F5E1 #E178F5

tetradic

#F5E178 #78F5A3 #788CF5 #F578CB

square

#F5E178 #78F5A3 #788CF5 #F578CB

split-complementary

#F5E178 #78CBF5 #A378F5

monochromatic

#E2C011 #F1D43F #F5E178 #F9EEB1 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#F5E178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E178

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E178	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.128 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbeaa1',
    500: '#f5e178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e178;
$custom-light: #fbeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90485,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E178

secondary

#4158D0

accent

#27E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E178

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

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