#F5E478#F5E478

#F5E478 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E478
RGB	rgb(245, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 51%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.98, -7.88, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.98, 54.82, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.09% -0.0238 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(91.09% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.7919, 76.2578, 28.8612)
Luminance	0.7625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E478 #7889F5

analogous

#F5A678 #F5E478 #C8F578

triadic

#F5E478 #78F5E4 #E478F5

tetradic

#F5E478 #78F5A6 #7889F5 #F578C8

square

#F5E478 #78F5A6 #7889F5 #F578C8

split-complementary

#F5E478 #78C8F5 #A678F5

monochromatic

#E2C511 #F1D93F #F5E478 #F9EFB1 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F5E478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#F5E478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E478

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E478	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbeca1',
    500: '#f5e478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e478;
$custom-light: #fbeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9109,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E478

secondary

#4155D0

accent

#21E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E478

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

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