#F5E972#F5E972

#F5E972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.141 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E972
RGB	rgb(245, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 87%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 53.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -10.86, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 59.44, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0329 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.141 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.8345, 78.9076, 27.4684)
Luminance	0.7891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E972 #727EF5

analogous

#F5A772 #F5E972 #BFF572

triadic

#F5E972 #72F5E9 #E972F5

tetradic

#F5E972 #72F5A7 #727EF5 #F572BF

square

#F5E972 #72F5A7 #727EF5 #F572BF

split-complementary

#F5E972 #72BFF5 #A772F5

monochromatic

#DDCA10 #F1E039 #F5E972 #F9F2AB #FDFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#F5E972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#F5E972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E972

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E972	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.141 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fbef9e',
    500: '#f5e972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e972;
$custom-light: #fbef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 86.755,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92032,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E972

secondary

#3C49CF

accent

#17E302

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E972

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

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