#F5E993#F5E993

#F5E993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.108 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E993
RGB	rgb(245, 233, 147)
HSL	hsl(53, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 40%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -7.84, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 43.93, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(92.48% -0.0212 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(92.48% 0.108 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.0629, 79.7989, 39.2048)
Luminance	0.7980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E993 #939FF5

analogous

#F5B893 #F5E993 #D0F593

triadic

#F5E993 #93F5E9 #E993F5

tetradic

#F5E993 #93F5B8 #939FF5 #F593D0

square

#F5E993 #93F5B8 #939FF5 #F593D0

split-complementary

#F5E993 #93D0F5 #B893F5

monochromatic

#EBD223 #F0DE5B #F5E993 #FAF4CB #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F5E993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#F5E993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E993

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E993	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 233, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.108 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faefb4',
    500: '#f5e993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e993;
$custom-light: #faefb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 83.051,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92482,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E993

secondary

#5968D3

accent

#21DF06

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E993

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

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