#F5E995#F5E995

#F5E995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.105 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5E995
RGB	rgb(245, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(53, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 39.2%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -7.63, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 42.95, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0204 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.105 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.2212, 79.8622, 40.0385)
Luminance	0.7986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F5E995 #95A1F5

analogous

#F5B995 #F5E995 #D1F595

triadic

#F5E995 #95F5E9 #E995F5

tetradic

#F5E995 #95F5B9 #95A1F5 #F595D1

square

#F5E995 #95F5B9 #95A1F5 #F595D1

split-complementary

#F5E995 #95D1F5 #B995F5

monochromatic

#EAD225 #F0DD5D #F5E995 #FAF5CD #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#F5E995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#F5E995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5E995

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5E995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5E995	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)

#F8E48F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5e995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.105 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faefb5',
    500: '#f5e995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5e995;
$custom-light: #faefb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5e995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 82.759,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92513,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5E995

secondary

#5B6AD3

accent

#21DF06

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5E995

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

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