#F5E494#F5E494

#F5E494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.102 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E494
RGB	rgb(245, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(49, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 39.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -5.23, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 41.45, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0135 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.102 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.7463, 77.0396, 39.1547)
Luminance	0.7704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E494 #94A5F5

analogous

#F5B494 #F5E494 #D5F594

triadic

#F5E494 #94F5E4 #E494F5

tetradic

#F5E494 #94F5B4 #94A5F5 #F594D5

square

#F5E494 #94F5B4 #94A5F5 #F594D5

split-complementary

#F5E494 #94D5F5 #B494F5

monochromatic

#EBC824 #F0D65C #F5E494 #FAF2CC #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F5E494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#F5E494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E494

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E494	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E08E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.102 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faecb4',
    500: '#f5e494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e494;
$custom-light: #faecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.485,
    "s": 82.906,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91493,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E494

secondary

#5A6FD3

accent

#2CDF06

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E494

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

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