#F5E798#F5E798

#F5E798 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.100 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E798
RGB	rgb(245, 231, 152)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 38%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.16, -6.31, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.16, 40.67, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0164 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.1 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.9009, 78.8334, 41.1285)
Luminance	0.7883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E798 #98A6F5

analogous

#F5B898 #F5E798 #D4F598

triadic

#F5E798 #98F5E7 #E798F5

tetradic

#F5E798 #98F5B8 #98A6F5 #F598D4

square

#F5E798 #98F5B8 #98A6F5 #F598D4

split-complementary

#F5E798 #98D4F5 #B898F5

monochromatic

#EACD28 #F0DA60 #F5E798 #FAF4D0 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F5E798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#F5E798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E798

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E798	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 231, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.100 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeeb7',
    500: '#f5e798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e798;
$custom-light: #faeeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 82.301,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9216,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E798

secondary

#5E6FD4

accent

#27DF07

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E798

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

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