#F5E69B#F5E69B

#F5E69B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.096 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E69B
RGB	rgb(245, 230, 155)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 36.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -5.47, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 38.80, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(92.01% -0.0137 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(92.01% 0.096 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.8706, 78.3747, 42.3459)
Luminance	0.7837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E69B #9BAAF5

analogous

#F5B99B #F5E69B #D7F59B

triadic

#F5E69B #9BF5E6 #E69BF5

tetradic

#F5E69B #9BF5B9 #9BAAF5 #F59BD7

square

#F5E69B #9BF5B9 #9BAAF5 #F59BD7

split-complementary

#F5E69B #9BD7F5 #B99BF5

monochromatic

#EACA2C #EFD863 #F5E69B #FBF4D3 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F5E69B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#F5E69B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E69B

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E69B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E69B	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 230, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.096 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9edb9',
    500: '#f5e69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e69b;
$custom-light: #f9edb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9201,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E69B

secondary

#6074D4

accent

#2BDE07

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E69B

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

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