#F5E45E#F5E45E

#F5E45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.153 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E45E
RGB	rgb(245, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 88%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -9.79, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 66.28, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0321 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.153 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.4226, 75.7101, 21.6495)
Luminance	0.7571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E45E #5E6FF5

analogous

#F5995E #F5E45E #BBF55E

triadic

#F5E45E #5EF5E4 #E45EF5

tetradic

#F5E45E #5EF599 #5E6FF5 #F55EBB

square

#F5E45E #5EF599 #5E6FF5 #F55EBB

split-complementary

#F5E45E #5EBBF5 #995EF5

monochromatic

#CCB60D #F1DA24 #F5E45E #F9EE98 #FCF7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#F5E45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#F5E45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E45E

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E45E	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.153 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcec91',
    500: '#f5e45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e45e;
$custom-light: #fcec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.245,
    "s": 88.304,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90806,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E45E

secondary

#2F40C8

accent

#1AE501

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E45E

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

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