#F5E189#F5E189

#F5E189 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.111 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E189
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 137)
HSL	hsl(49, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 44.1%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -4.84, 45.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 45.66, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0133 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.111 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.0985, 75.0715, 34.5125)
Luminance	0.7507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E189 #899DF5

analogous

#F5AB89 #F5E189 #D3F589

triadic

#F5E189 #89F5E1 #E189F5

tetradic

#F5E189 #89F5AB #899DF5 #F589D3

square

#F5E189 #89F5AB #899DF5 #F589D3

split-complementary

#F5E189 #89D3F5 #AB89F5

monochromatic

#EBC418 #F0D351 #F5E189 #FAEFC1 #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F5E189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#F5E189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E189

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E189	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.111 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeaad',
    500: '#f5e189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e189;
$custom-light: #faeaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 84.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90721,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E189

secondary

#5068D2

accent

#2DE105

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E189

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

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