#F5E596#F5E596

#F5E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.100 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E596
RGB	rgb(245, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 38.8%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -5.52, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 40.86, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0142 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.1 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.1819, 77.6553, 40.0876)
Luminance	0.7765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E596 #96A6F5

analogous

#F5B696 #F5E596 #D5F596

triadic

#F5E596 #96F5E5 #E596F5

tetradic

#F5E596 #96F5B6 #96A6F5 #F596D5

square

#F5E596 #96F5B6 #96A6F5 #F596D5

split-complementary

#F5E596 #96D5F5 #B696F5

monochromatic

#EAC926 #F0D75E #F5E596 #FAF3CE #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F5E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#F5E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E596

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E596	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.100 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faedb6',
    500: '#f5e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e596;
$custom-light: #faedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.895,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91726,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E596

secondary

#5C70D3

accent

#2BDF06

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E596

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

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