#F5E252#F5E252

#F5E252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.160 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E252
RGB	rgb(245, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 89%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -9.49, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 70.42, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0325 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.16 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.3783, 74.4172, 18.8485)
Luminance	0.7441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E252 #5265F5

analogous

#F59152 #F5E252 #B7F552

triadic

#F5E252 #52F5E2 #E252F5

tetradic

#F5E252 #52F591 #5265F5 #F552B7

square

#F5E252 #52F591 #5265F5 #F552B7

split-complementary

#F5E252 #52B7F5 #9152F5

monochromatic

#C1AC0B #F2D818 #F5E252 #F8EC8C #FCF5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#F5E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E252

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E252	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.160 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcea8a',
    500: '#f5e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e252;
$custom-light: #fcea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.006,
    "s": 89.071,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90296,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E252

secondary

#2C3DBF

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E252

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

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