#F5E258#F5E258

#F5E258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.156 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E258
RGB	rgb(245, 226, 88)
HSL	hsl(53, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 64.1%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -9.16, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 68.05, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.35% -0.0309 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(90.35% 0.156 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.6167, 74.5125, 20.1040)
Luminance	0.7451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E258 #586BF5

analogous

#F59358 #F5E258 #B9F558

triadic

#F5E258 #58F5E2 #E258F5

tetradic

#F5E258 #58F593 #586BF5 #F558B9

square

#F5E258 #58F593 #586BF5 #F558B9

split-complementary

#F5E258 #58B9F5 #9358F5

monochromatic

#C7B00C #F2D81E #F5E258 #F8EC92 #FCF6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#F5E258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E258

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E258	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 226, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.156 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcea8d',
    500: '#f5e258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e258;
$custom-light: #fcea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.739,
    "s": 88.701,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90346,
    "c": 0.15583,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E258

secondary

#2E40C3

accent

#1CE500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E258

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

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