#F5E690#F5E690

#F5E690 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.108 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E690
RGB	rgb(245, 230, 144)
HSL	hsl(51, 83%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 41.2%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -6.65, 43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 44.18, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.018 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.108 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.9886, 78.0219, 37.7005)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E690 #909FF5

analogous

#F5B490 #F5E690 #D2F590

triadic

#F5E690 #90F5E6 #E690F5

tetradic

#F5E690 #90F5B4 #909FF5 #F590D2

square

#F5E690 #90F5B4 #909FF5 #F590D2

split-complementary

#F5E690 #90D2F5 #B490F5

monochromatic

#EBCD20 #F0D958 #F5E690 #FAF3C8 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F5E690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#F5E690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E690

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E690	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 230, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.108 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faedb1',
    500: '#f5e690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e690;
$custom-light: #faedb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 83.471,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91831,
    "c": 0.10786,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E690

secondary

#5669D3

accent

#26E006

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E690

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

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