#F5E799#F5E799

#F5E799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.099 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E799
RGB	rgb(245, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 37.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -6.20, 39.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 40.18, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(92.18% -0.016 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(92.18% 0.099 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.9831, 78.8663, 41.5617)
Luminance	0.7886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E799 #99A7F5

analogous

#F5B999 #F5E799 #D5F599

triadic

#F5E799 #99F5E7 #E799F5

tetradic

#F5E799 #99F5B9 #99A7F5 #F599D5

square

#F5E799 #99F5B9 #99A7F5 #F599D5

split-complementary

#F5E799 #99D5F5 #B999F5

monochromatic

#EACD2A #F0DA61 #F5E799 #FAF4D1 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F5E799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#F5E799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E799

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E799	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)

#F5E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.099 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faeeb8',
    500: '#f5e799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e799;
$custom-light: #faeeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92177,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E799

secondary

#5F70D4

accent

#28DF07

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E799

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

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