#F5E17A#F5E17A

#F5E17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.126 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E17A
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 122)
HSL	hsl(50, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 50.2%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -6.21, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 52.79, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0187 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.126 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.0964, 74.6706, 29.2345)
Luminance	0.7467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E17A #7A8EF5

analogous

#F5A47A #F5E17A #CCF57A

triadic

#F5E17A #7AF5E1 #E17AF5

tetradic

#F5E17A #7AF5A4 #7A8EF5 #F57ACC

square

#F5E17A #7AF5A4 #7A8EF5 #F57ACC

split-complementary

#F5E17A #7ACCF5 #A47AF5

monochromatic

#E3C111 #F1D441 #F5E17A #F9EEB3 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#F5E17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E17A

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E17A	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.126 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbeaa3',
    500: '#f5e17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e17a;
$custom-light: #fbeaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 86.014,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90511,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E17A

secondary

#435AD0

accent

#27E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E17A

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

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