#F5E899#F5E899

#F5E899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.100 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E899
RGB	rgb(245, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 37.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.43, -6.70, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.43, 40.59, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.0174 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.1 100)
XYZ	xyz(72.2638, 79.4276, 41.6552)
Luminance	0.7943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E899 #99A6F5

analogous

#F5BA99 #F5E899 #D4F599

triadic

#F5E899 #99F5E8 #E899F5

tetradic

#F5E899 #99F5BA #99A6F5 #F599D4

square

#F5E899 #99F5BA #99A6F5 #F599D4

split-complementary

#F5E899 #99D4F5 #BA99F5

monochromatic

#EACF2A #F0DB61 #F5E899 #FAF5D1 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F5E899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#F5E899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E899

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E899	1.00	1.24	16.89	16.89
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.100 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faefb8',
    500: '#f5e899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e899;
$custom-light: #faefb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.522,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92378,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.79426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E899

secondary

#5F6FD4

accent

#25DF07

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E899

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

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