#F5EC5E#F5EC5E

#F5EC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.160 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5EC5E
RGB	rgb(245, 236, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 88%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 61.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.78, -13.74, 67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.78, 69.14, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0433 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.16 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.6745, 80.2139, 22.4002)
Luminance	0.8021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5EC5E #5E67F5

analogous

#F5A15E #F5EC5E #B3F55E

triadic

#F5EC5E #5EF5EC #EC5EF5

tetradic

#F5EC5E #5EF5A1 #5E67F5 #F55EB3

square

#F5EC5E #5EF5A1 #5E67F5 #F55EB3

split-complementary

#F5EC5E #5EB3F5 #A15EF5

monochromatic

#CCC10D #F1E524 #F5EC5E #F9F398 #FCFAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F5EC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.04

#F5EC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5EC5E

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5EC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5EC5E	1.00	1.23	17.04	17.04
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ec5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 236, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.160 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf191',
    500: '#f5ec5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ec5e;
$custom-light: #fcf191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ec5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.424,
    "s": 88.304,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92441,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5EC5E

secondary

#2F38C8

accent

#0EE501

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5EC5E

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

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