#F5E689#F5E689

#F5E689 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.115 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E689
RGB	rgb(245, 230, 137)
HSL	hsl(52, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 44.1%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -7.35, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 47.56, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0206 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.115 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.4701, 77.8145, 34.9697)
Luminance	0.7781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E689 #8998F5

analogous

#F5B089 #F5E689 #CEF589

triadic

#F5E689 #89F5E6 #E689F5

tetradic

#F5E689 #89F5B0 #8998F5 #F589CE

square

#F5E689 #89F5B0 #8998F5 #F589CE

split-complementary

#F5E689 #89CEF5 #B089F5

monochromatic

#EBCE18 #F0DA51 #F5E689 #FAF2C1 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F5E689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#F5E689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E689

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E689	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 230, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.115 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faedad',
    500: '#f5e689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e689;
$custom-light: #faedad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 84.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91725,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E689

secondary

#5062D2

accent

#23E105

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E689

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

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