#F5E57D#F5E57D

#F5E57D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E57D
RGB	rgb(245, 229, 125)
HSL	hsl(52, 86%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 49%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -7.96, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 52.87, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0235 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3792, 76.9342, 30.5932)
Luminance	0.7693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E57D #7D8DF5

analogous

#F5A97D #F5E57D #C9F57D

triadic

#F5E57D #7DF5E5 #E57DF5

tetradic

#F5E57D #7DF5A9 #7D8DF5 #F57DC9

square

#F5E57D #7DF5A9 #7D8DF5 #F57DC9

split-complementary

#F5E57D #7DC9F5 #A97DF5

monochromatic

#E6CA12 #F1DA44 #F5E57D #F9F0B6 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F5E57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#F5E57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E57D

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E57D	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 229, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeda5',
    500: '#f5e57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e57d;
$custom-light: #faeda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91356,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E57D

secondary

#4658D1

accent

#21E203

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E57D

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

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