#F5E278#F5E278

#F5E278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E278
RGB	rgb(245, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 51%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -6.88, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 54.08, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0209 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.2449, 75.1638, 28.6789)
Luminance	0.7516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E278 #788BF5

analogous

#F5A478 #F5E278 #CAF578

triadic

#F5E278 #78F5E2 #E278F5

tetradic

#F5E278 #78F5A4 #788BF5 #F578CA

square

#F5E278 #78F5A4 #788BF5 #F578CA

split-complementary

#F5E278 #78CAF5 #A478F5

monochromatic

#E2C211 #F1D63F #F5E278 #F9EEB1 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F5E278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#F5E278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E278

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E278	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)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbeaa1',
    500: '#f5e278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e278;
$custom-light: #fbeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90686,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E278

secondary

#4157D0

accent

#25E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E278

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

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