#F5E185#F5E185

#F5E185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.115 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E185
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 85%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 45.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -5.22, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 47.58, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.66% -0.0148 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(90.66% 0.115 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.8169, 74.9588, 33.0293)
Luminance	0.7496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E185 #8599F5

analogous

#F5A985 #F5E185 #D1F585

triadic

#F5E185 #85F5E1 #E185F5

tetradic

#F5E185 #85F5A9 #8599F5 #F585D1

square

#F5E185 #85F5A9 #8599F5 #F585D1

split-complementary

#F5E185 #85D1F5 #A985F5

monochromatic

#ECC514 #F0D34C #F5E185 #FAEFBE #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F5E185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#F5E185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E185

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E185	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.115 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeaaa',
    500: '#f5e185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e185;
$custom-light: #faeaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 84.848,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90662,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E185

secondary

#4D64D2

accent

#2CE104

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E185

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

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