#F5E962#F5E962

#F5E962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.154 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E962
RGB	rgb(245, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 88%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -12.01, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 66.39, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0379 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.154 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.0021, 78.5746, 23.0846)
Luminance	0.7857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E962 #626EF5

analogous

#F5A062 #F5E962 #B8F562

triadic

#F5E962 #62F5E9 #E962F5

tetradic

#F5E962 #62F5A0 #626EF5 #F562B8

square

#F5E962 #62F5A0 #626EF5 #F562B8

split-complementary

#F5E962 #62B8F5 #A062F5

monochromatic

#CFC00D #F1E128 #F5E962 #F9F19C #FCF9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#F5E962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#F5E962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E962

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E962	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.154 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbef94',
    500: '#f5e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e962;
$custom-light: #fbef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 88.024,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91864,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E962

secondary

#303DCB

accent

#13E501

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E962

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

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