#F5E389#F5E389

#F5E389 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.112 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E389
RGB	rgb(245, 227, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 44.1%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -5.85, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 46.41, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0162 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.112 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6424, 76.1591, 34.6938)
Luminance	0.7616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E389 #899BF5

analogous

#F5AD89 #F5E389 #D1F589

triadic

#F5E389 #89F5E3 #E389F5

tetradic

#F5E389 #89F5AD #899BF5 #F589D1

square

#F5E389 #89F5AD #899BF5 #F589D1

split-complementary

#F5E389 #89D1F5 #AD89F5

monochromatic

#EBC818 #F0D651 #F5E389 #FAF0C1 #FDF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F5E389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#F5E389 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E389

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E389	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 227, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.112 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faebad',
    500: '#f5e389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e389;
$custom-light: #faebad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 84.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91121,
    "c": 0.11248,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E389

secondary

#5066D2

accent

#29E105

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E389

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

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