#F5E599#F5E599

#F5E599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.097 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E599
RGB	rgb(245, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 37.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -5.19, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 39.39, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0131 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.097 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.4266, 77.7531, 41.3762)
Luminance	0.7775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E599 #99A9F5

analogous

#F5B799 #F5E599 #D7F599

triadic

#F5E599 #99F5E5 #E599F5

tetradic

#F5E599 #99F5B7 #99A9F5 #F599D7

square

#F5E599 #99F5B7 #99A9F5 #F599D7

split-complementary

#F5E599 #99D7F5 #B799F5

monochromatic

#EAC92A #F0D761 #F5E599 #FAF3D1 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F5E599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#F5E599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E599

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E599	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.097 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faedb8',
    500: '#f5e599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e599;
$custom-light: #faedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91776,
    "c": 0.09701,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E599

secondary

#5F73D4

accent

#2CDF07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E599

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

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