#F5E486#F5E486

#F5E486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.117 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E486
RGB	rgb(245, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(51, 85%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 45%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 45.3%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -6.64, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 48.23, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0188 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.117 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7045, 76.6229, 33.6676)
Luminance	0.7662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E486 #8697F5

analogous

#F5AD86 #F5E486 #CFF586

triadic

#F5E486 #86F5E4 #E486F5

tetradic

#F5E486 #86F5AD #8697F5 #F586CF

square

#F5E486 #86F5AD #8697F5 #F586CF

split-complementary

#F5E486 #86CFF5 #AD86F5

monochromatic

#ECCB15 #F0D74D #F5E486 #FAF1BF #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F5E486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#F5E486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E486

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E486	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)

#F4DF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.117 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faecab',
    500: '#f5e486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e486;
$custom-light: #faecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 84.733,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91279,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E486

secondary

#4E62D2

accent

#26E104

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E486

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

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