#F5E686#F5E686

#F5E686 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.118 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E686
RGB	rgb(245, 230, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 85%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 45.3%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -7.64, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 49.00, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0217 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.118 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.2578, 77.7296, 33.8520)
Luminance	0.7773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E686 #8695F5

analogous

#F5AF86 #F5E686 #CDF586

triadic

#F5E686 #86F5E6 #E686F5

tetradic

#F5E686 #86F5AF #8695F5 #F586CD

square

#F5E686 #86F5AF #8695F5 #F586CD

split-complementary

#F5E686 #86CDF5 #AF86F5

monochromatic

#ECCF15 #F0DA4D #F5E686 #FAF2BF #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F5E686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#F5E686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E686

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E686	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)

#F6E17E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 230, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.118 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faedab',
    500: '#f5e686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e686;
$custom-light: #faedab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 84.733,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91681,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E686

secondary

#4E5FD2

accent

#22E104

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E686

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

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