#F5EC8D#F5EC8D

#F5EC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.117 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5EC8D
RGB	rgb(245, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(55, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 42.4%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -9.95, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 48.07, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(93% -0.0277 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(93% 0.117 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.4608, 81.3285, 37.0751)
Luminance	0.8133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5EC8D #8D96F5

analogous

#F5B88D #F5EC8D #CAF58D

triadic

#F5EC8D #8DF5EC #EC8DF5

tetradic

#F5EC8D #8DF5B8 #8D96F5 #F58DCA

square

#F5EC8D #8DF5B8 #8D96F5 #F58DCA

split-complementary

#F5EC8D #8DCAF5 #B88DF5

monochromatic

#EBD91C #F0E355 #F5EC8D #FAF5C5 #FDFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F5EC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#F5EC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5EC8D

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5EC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5EC8D	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.117 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf2b0',
    500: '#f5ec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ec8d;
$custom-light: #faf2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 83.871,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92997,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5EC8D

secondary

#545FD2

accent

#18E005

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5EC8D

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

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