#F5E265#F5E265

#F5E265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.146 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E265
RGB	rgb(245, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 88%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 58.8%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -8.33, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 62.61, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.47% -0.0271 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(90.47% 0.146 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.2040, 74.7475, 23.1971)
Luminance	0.7474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E265 #6578F5

analogous

#F59A65 #F5E265 #C0F565

triadic

#F5E265 #65F5E2 #E265F5

tetradic

#F5E265 #65F59A #6578F5 #F565C0

square

#F5E265 #65F59A #6578F5 #F565C0

split-complementary

#F5E265 #65C0F5 #9A65F5

monochromatic

#D2B80E #F1D72C #F5E265 #F9ED9E #FCF8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#F5E265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#F5E265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E265

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E265	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.146 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbea95',
    500: '#f5e265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e265;
$custom-light: #fbea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 87.805,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90469,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E265

secondary

#3146CD

accent

#1FE401

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E265

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

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