#F5E68E#F5E68E

#F5E68E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.110 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E68E
RGB	rgb(245, 230, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 42%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -6.86, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 45.15, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0187 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.11 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.8371, 77.9613, 36.9025)
Luminance	0.7796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E68E #8E9DF5

analogous

#F5B28E #F5E68E #D0F58E

triadic

#F5E68E #8EF5E6 #E68EF5

tetradic

#F5E68E #8EF5B2 #8E9DF5 #F58ED0

square

#F5E68E #8EF5B2 #8E9DF5 #F58ED0

split-complementary

#F5E68E #8ED0F5 #B28EF5

monochromatic

#EBCD1E #F0DA56 #F5E68E #FAF2C6 #FDF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F5E68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#F5E68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E68E

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E68E	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 230, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.110 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faedb0',
    500: '#f5e68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e68e;
$custom-light: #faedb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 83.74,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.918,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E68E

secondary

#5567D3

accent

#25E005

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E68E

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

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