#F5E796#F5E796

#F5E796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.102 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E796
RGB	rgb(245, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 38.8%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.13, -6.52, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.13, 41.65, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0171 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.102 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.7385, 78.7684, 40.2731)
Luminance	0.7877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E796 #96A4F5

analogous

#F5B896 #F5E796 #D3F596

triadic

#F5E796 #96F5E7 #E796F5

tetradic

#F5E796 #96F5B8 #96A4F5 #F596D3

square

#F5E796 #96F5B8 #96A4F5 #F596D3

split-complementary

#F5E796 #96D3F5 #B896F5

monochromatic

#EACD26 #F0DA5E #F5E796 #FAF4CE #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F5E796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#F5E796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E796

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E796	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.102 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeeb6',
    500: '#f5e796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e796;
$custom-light: #faeeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92127,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E796

secondary

#5C6DD3

accent

#26DF06

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E796

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

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