#F5E987#F5E987

#F5E987 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.120 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E987
RGB	rgb(245, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(53, 85%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 44.9%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.43, -9.04, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.43, 49.71, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.3% -0.0256 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(92.3% 0.12 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.1700, 79.4417, 34.5018)
Luminance	0.7944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E987 #8793F5

analogous

#F5B287 #F5E987 #CAF587

triadic

#F5E987 #87F5E9 #E987F5

tetradic

#F5E987 #87F5B2 #8793F5 #F587CA

square

#F5E987 #87F5B2 #8793F5 #F587CA

split-complementary

#F5E987 #87CAF5 #B287F5

monochromatic

#ECD416 #F0DF4F #F5E987 #FAF3BF #FDFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F5E987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.89

#F5E987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E987

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E987	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)

#F9E37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.120 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faefab',
    500: '#f5e987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e987;
$custom-light: #faefab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92302,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E987

secondary

#4E5DD2

accent

#1CE104

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E987

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

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