#F5E861#F5E861

#F5E861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.154 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E861
RGB	rgb(245, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 88%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 60.4%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -11.58, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 66.45, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(91.65% -0.0368 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(91.65% 0.154 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.6729, 77.9913, 22.7434)
Luminance	0.7799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E861 #616EF5

analogous

#F59E61 #F5E861 #B8F561

triadic

#F5E861 #61F5E8 #E861F5

tetradic

#F5E861 #61F59E #616EF5 #F561B8

square

#F5E861 #61F59E #616EF5 #F561B8

split-complementary

#F5E861 #61B8F5 #9E61F5

monochromatic

#CFBE0D #F1E027 #F5E861 #F9F09B #FCF9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F5E861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#F5E861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E861

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E861	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.154 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcef93',
    500: '#f5e861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e861;
$custom-light: #fcef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.73,
    "s": 88.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9165,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E861

secondary

#303ECA

accent

#15E501

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E861

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

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