#F5E397#F5E397

#F5E397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.097 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E397
RGB	rgb(245, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 38.4%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.13, -4.40, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.13, 39.60, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0109 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.097 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(70.7126, 76.5872, 40.3301)
Luminance	0.7659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E397 #97A9F5

analogous

#F5B497 #F5E397 #D8F597

triadic

#F5E397 #97F5E3 #E397F5

tetradic

#F5E397 #97F5B4 #97A9F5 #F597D8

square

#F5E397 #97F5B4 #97A9F5 #F597D8

split-complementary

#F5E397 #97D8F5 #B497F5

monochromatic

#EAC527 #F0D45F #F5E397 #FAF2CF #FCF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F5E397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#F5E397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E397

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E397	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.097 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faebb6',
    500: '#f5e397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e397;
$custom-light: #faebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 82.456,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91343,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E397

secondary

#5D73D3

accent

#30DF07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E397

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

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