#F5E280#F5E280

#F5E280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E280
RGB	rgb(245, 226, 128)
HSL	hsl(50, 85%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 47.8%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -6.19, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 50.33, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.79% -0.0181 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(90.79% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.7508, 75.3662, 31.3435)
Luminance	0.7536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E280 #8093F5

analogous

#F5A780 #F5E280 #CEF580

triadic

#F5E280 #80F5E2 #E280F5

tetradic

#F5E280 #80F5A7 #8093F5 #F580CE

square

#F5E280 #80F5A7 #8093F5 #F580CE

split-complementary

#F5E280 #80CEF5 #A780F5

monochromatic

#E8C612 #F1D547 #F5E280 #F9EFB9 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#F5E280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#F5E280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E280

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E280	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 226, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeaa7',
    500: '#f5e280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e280;
$custom-light: #faeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 85.401,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90792,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E280

secondary

#485ED1

accent

#28E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E280

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

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