#F5E489#F5E489

#F5E489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.113 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E489
RGB	rgb(245, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 44.1%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -6.35, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 46.79, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0177 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.113 99)
XYZ	xyz(69.9167, 76.7077, 34.7852)
Luminance	0.7671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E489 #899AF5

analogous

#F5AE89 #F5E489 #D0F589

triadic

#F5E489 #89F5E4 #E489F5

tetradic

#F5E489 #89F5AE #899AF5 #F589D0

square

#F5E489 #89F5AE #899AF5 #F589D0

split-complementary

#F5E489 #89D0F5 #AE89F5

monochromatic

#EBCA18 #F0D751 #F5E489 #FAF1C1 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F5E489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#F5E489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E489

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E489	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.113 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faecad',
    500: '#f5e489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e489;
$custom-light: #faecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 84.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91322,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.76705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E489

secondary

#5065D2

accent

#27E105

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E489

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

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