#F5E698#F5E698

#F5E698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.099 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E698
RGB	rgb(245, 230, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 38%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.91, -5.80, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.91, 40.27, 98.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.96% -0.0149 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(91.96% 0.099 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.6218, 78.2752, 41.0355)
Luminance	0.7827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E698 #98A7F5

analogous

#F5B898 #F5E698 #D5F598

triadic

#F5E698 #98F5E6 #E698F5

tetradic

#F5E698 #98F5B8 #98A7F5 #F598D5

square

#F5E698 #98F5B8 #98A7F5 #F598D5

split-complementary

#F5E698 #98D5F5 #B898F5

monochromatic

#EACB28 #F0D860 #F5E698 #FAF4D0 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F5E698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#F5E698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E698

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E698	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 230, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.099 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faedb7',
    500: '#f5e698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e698;
$custom-light: #faedb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 82.301,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9196,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E698

secondary

#5E71D4

accent

#2ADF07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E698

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

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