#F5E588#F5E588

#F5E588 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.115 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E588
RGB	rgb(245, 229, 136)
HSL	hsl(51, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 44.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -6.95, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 47.66, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0195 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.115 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.1212, 77.2310, 34.5011)
Luminance	0.7723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E588 #8898F5

analogous

#F5AF88 #F5E588 #CEF588

triadic

#F5E588 #88F5E5 #E588F5

tetradic

#F5E588 #88F5AF #8898F5 #F588CE

square

#F5E588 #88F5AF #8898F5 #F588CE

split-complementary

#F5E588 #88CEF5 #AF88F5

monochromatic

#ECCC17 #F0D950 #F5E588 #FAF1C0 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#F5E588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#F5E588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E588

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E588	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE68C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 229, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.115 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faedac',
    500: '#f5e588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e588;
$custom-light: #faedac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 84.496,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91509,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E588

secondary

#4F62D2

accent

#25E105

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E588

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

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