#F5E18B#F5E18B

#F5E18B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.109 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E18B
RGB	rgb(245, 225, 139)
HSL	hsl(49, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 43.3%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -4.64, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 44.70, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0126 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.109 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.2433, 75.1294, 35.2751)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E18B #8B9FF5

analogous

#F5AC8B #F5E18B #D4F58B

triadic

#F5E18B #8BF5E1 #E18BF5

tetradic

#F5E18B #8BF5AC #8B9FF5 #F58BD4

square

#F5E18B #8BF5AC #8B9FF5 #F58BD4

split-complementary

#F5E18B #8BD4F5 #AC8BF5

monochromatic

#EBC41A #F0D253 #F5E18B #FAF0C3 #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F5E18B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#F5E18B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E18B

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E18B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E18B	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DD84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e18b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 225, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.109 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeaae',
    500: '#f5e18b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e18b;
$custom-light: #faeaae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e18b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 84.127,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90751,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E18B

secondary

#526AD2

accent

#2EE105

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E18B

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

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