#F5EC8A#F5EC8A

#F5EC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.120 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5EC8A
RGB	rgb(245, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 43.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.24, -10.24, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.24, 49.50, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(92.95% -0.0288 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(92.95% 0.12 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.2406, 81.2404, 35.9154)
Luminance	0.8124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5EC8A #8A93F5

analogous

#F5B68A #F5EC8A #C9F58A

triadic

#F5EC8A #8AF5EC #EC8AF5

tetradic

#F5EC8A #8AF5B6 #8A93F5 #F58AC9

square

#F5EC8A #8AF5B6 #8A93F5 #F58AC9

split-complementary

#F5EC8A #8AC9F5 #B68AF5

monochromatic

#EBDA19 #F0E352 #F5EC8A #FAF5C2 #FDFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F5EC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#F5EC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5EC8A

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5EC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5EC8A	1.00	1.22	17.25	17.25
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.120 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf2ae',
    500: '#f5ec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ec8a;
$custom-light: #faf2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 84.252,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92953,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5EC8A

secondary

#515CD2

accent

#17E105

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5EC8A

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

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