#F5E381#F5E381

#F5E381 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E381
RGB	rgb(245, 227, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 85%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 47.3%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.83, -6.60, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.83, 50.23, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0191 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.0897, 75.9381, 31.7828)
Luminance	0.7594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E381 #8193F5

analogous

#F5A981 #F5E381 #CDF581

triadic

#F5E381 #81F5E3 #E381F5

tetradic

#F5E381 #81F5A9 #8193F5 #F581CD

square

#F5E381 #81F5A9 #8193F5 #F581CD

split-complementary

#F5E381 #81CDF5 #A981F5

monochromatic

#E9C813 #F0D648 #F5E381 #F9F0BA #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F5E381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#F5E381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E381

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E381	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 227, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeba7',
    500: '#f5e381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e381;
$custom-light: #faeba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 85.294,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91007,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E381

secondary

#495ED1

accent

#26E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E381

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

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