#F5E490#F5E490

#F5E490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.106 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E490
RGB	rgb(245, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(50, 83%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 41.2%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -5.65, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 43.40, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.015 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.106 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.4352, 76.9151, 37.5160)
Luminance	0.7691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E490 #90A1F5

analogous

#F5B290 #F5E490 #D4F590

triadic

#F5E490 #90F5E4 #E490F5

tetradic

#F5E490 #90F5B2 #90A1F5 #F590D4

square

#F5E490 #90F5B2 #90A1F5 #F590D4

split-complementary

#F5E490 #90D4F5 #B290F5

monochromatic

#EBC920 #F0D658 #F5E490 #FAF2C8 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F5E490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#F5E490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E490

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E490	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.106 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faecb1',
    500: '#f5e490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e490;
$custom-light: #faecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 83.471,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91429,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E490

secondary

#566BD3

accent

#2AE006

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E490

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

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