#F5E79B#F5E79B

#F5E79B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.097 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E79B
RGB	rgb(245, 231, 155)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 36.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.20, -5.98, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.20, 39.20, 98.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.21% -0.0152 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(92.21% 0.097 99)
XYZ	xyz(72.1497, 78.9329, 42.4389)
Luminance	0.7893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E79B #9BA9F5

analogous

#F5BA9B #F5E79B #D6F59B

triadic

#F5E79B #9BF5E7 #E79BF5

tetradic

#F5E79B #9BF5BA #9BA9F5 #F59BD6

square

#F5E79B #9BF5BA #9BA9F5 #F59BD6

split-complementary

#F5E79B #9BD6F5 #BA9BF5

monochromatic

#EACC2C #EFDA63 #F5E79B #FBF4D3 #FCF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F5E79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#F5E79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E79B

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E79B	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 231, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.097 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9eeb9',
    500: '#f5e79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e79b;
$custom-light: #f9eeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92211,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.78931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E79B

secondary

#6072D4

accent

#29DE07

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E79B

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

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