#F5E495#F5E495

#F5E495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.101 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E495
RGB	rgb(245, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(49, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 39.2%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -5.12, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 40.96, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0131 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.101 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.8258, 77.0714, 39.5734)
Luminance	0.7707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E495 #95A6F5

analogous

#F5B495 #F5E495 #D6F595

triadic

#F5E495 #95F5E4 #E495F5

tetradic

#F5E495 #95F5B4 #95A6F5 #F595D6

square

#F5E495 #95F5B4 #95A6F5 #F595D6

split-complementary

#F5E495 #95D6F5 #B495F5

monochromatic

#EAC825 #F0D65D #F5E495 #FAF2CD #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F5E495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#F5E495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E495

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E495	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)

#F3E08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.101 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faecb5',
    500: '#f5e495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e495;
$custom-light: #faecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 82.759,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91509,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E495

secondary

#5B70D3

accent

#2DDF06

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E495

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

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