#F5E481#F5E481

#F5E481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E481
RGB	rgb(245, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 85%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 47.3%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.08, -7.10, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.08, 50.61, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.21% -0.0206 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(91.21% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.3640, 76.4867, 31.8742)
Luminance	0.7648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E481 #8192F5

analogous

#F5AA81 #F5E481 #CCF581

triadic

#F5E481 #81F5E4 #E481F5

tetradic

#F5E481 #81F5AA #8192F5 #F581CC

square

#F5E481 #81F5AA #8192F5 #F581CC

split-complementary

#F5E481 #81CCF5 #AA81F5

monochromatic

#E9CA13 #F0D848 #F5E481 #F9F0BA #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F5E481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#F5E481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E481

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E481	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeca7',
    500: '#f5e481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e481;
$custom-light: #faeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 85.294,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91208,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E481

secondary

#495DD1

accent

#24E204

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E481

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

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