#F5E656#F5E656

#F5E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.161 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E656
RGB	rgb(245, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 64.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -11.26, 69.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 70.20, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.14% -0.0371 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(91.14% 0.161 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.6354, 76.6806, 20.0404)
Luminance	0.7668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E656 #5665F5

analogous

#F59756 #F5E656 #B4F556

triadic

#F5E656 #56F5E6 #E656F5

tetradic

#F5E656 #56F597 #5665F5 #F556B4

square

#F5E656 #56F597 #5665F5 #F556B4

split-complementary

#F5E656 #56B4F5 #9756F5

monochromatic

#C5B30C #F2DD1C #F5E656 #F8EF90 #FCF7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#F5E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#F5E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E656

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E656	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.161 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fced8c',
    500: '#f5e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e656;
$custom-light: #fced8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91143,
    "c": 0.16071,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E656

secondary

#2D3BC2

accent

#16E500

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E656

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

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