#F5EA99#F5EA99

#F5EA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5EA99
RGB	rgb(245, 234, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 37.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.94, -7.70, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.94, 41.41, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(92.78% -0.0203 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(92.78% 0.102 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.8300, 80.5599, 41.8440)
Luminance	0.8056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5EA99 #99A4F5

analogous

#F5BC99 #F5EA99 #D2F599

triadic

#F5EA99 #99F5EA #EA99F5

tetradic

#F5EA99 #99F5BC #99A4F5 #F599D2

square

#F5EA99 #99F5BC #99A4F5 #F599D2

split-complementary

#F5EA99 #99D2F5 #BC99F5

monochromatic

#EAD32A #F0DF61 #F5EA99 #FAF5D1 #FCF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F5EA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#F5EA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5EA99

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5EA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5EA99	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ea99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 234, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf0b8',
    500: '#f5ea99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ea99;
$custom-light: #faf0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ea99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9278,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5EA99

secondary

#5F6DD4

accent

#21DF07

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5EA99

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

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