#F5E994#F5E994

#F5E994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.106 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E994
RGB	rgb(245, 233, 148)
HSL	hsl(53, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 39.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -7.74, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 43.44, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.0208 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.106 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.1417, 79.8304, 39.6198)
Luminance	0.7983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E994 #94A0F5

analogous

#F5B994 #F5E994 #D1F594

triadic

#F5E994 #94F5E9 #E994F5

tetradic

#F5E994 #94F5B9 #94A0F5 #F594D1

square

#F5E994 #94F5B9 #94A0F5 #F594D1

split-complementary

#F5E994 #94D1F5 #B994F5

monochromatic

#EBD224 #F0DD5C #F5E994 #FAF5CC #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F5E994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#F5E994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E994

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E994	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E48E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 233, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.106 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faefb4',
    500: '#f5e994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e994;
$custom-light: #faefb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 82.906,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92497,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E994

secondary

#5A69D3

accent

#21DF06

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E994

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

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