#F5E479#F5E479

#F5E479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E479
RGB	rgb(245, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 50.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -7.80, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 54.36, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0234 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.8529, 76.2822, 29.1825)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E479 #798AF5

analogous

#F5A679 #F5E479 #C8F579

triadic

#F5E479 #79F5E4 #E479F5

tetradic

#F5E479 #79F5A6 #798AF5 #F579C8

square

#F5E479 #79F5A6 #798AF5 #F579C8

split-complementary

#F5E479 #79C8F5 #A679F5

monochromatic

#E3C611 #F1D940 #F5E479 #F9EFB2 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F5E479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#F5E479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E479

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E479	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbeca2',
    500: '#f5e479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e479;
$custom-light: #fbeca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91103,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E479

secondary

#4256D0

accent

#22E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E479

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

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