#F5E17D#F5E17D

#F5E17D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.123 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E17D
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 125)
HSL	hsl(50, 86%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 49%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -5.95, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 51.38, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0177 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.123 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.2851, 74.7461, 30.2286)
Luminance	0.7474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E17D #7D91F5

analogous

#F5A57D #F5E17D #CDF57D

triadic

#F5E17D #7DF5E1 #E17DF5

tetradic

#F5E17D #7DF5A5 #7D91F5 #F57DCD

square

#F5E17D #7DF5A5 #7D91F5 #F57DCD

split-complementary

#F5E17D #7DCDF5 #A57DF5

monochromatic

#E6C312 #F1D444 #F5E17D #F9EEB6 #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#F5E17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E17D

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E17D	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.123 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeaa5',
    500: '#f5e17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e17d;
$custom-light: #faeaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9055,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E17D

secondary

#465DD1

accent

#28E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E17D

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

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