#F5EC99#F5EC99

#F5EC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.104 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5EC99
RGB	rgb(245, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 37.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.44, -8.70, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.44, 42.25, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(93.18% -0.0232 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(93.18% 0.104 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.4026, 81.7051, 42.0348)
Luminance	0.8170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5EC99 #99A2F5

analogous

#F5BE99 #F5EC99 #D0F599

triadic

#F5EC99 #99F5EC #EC99F5

tetradic

#F5EC99 #99F5BE #99A2F5 #F599D0

square

#F5EC99 #99F5BE #99A2F5 #F599D0

split-complementary

#F5EC99 #99D0F5 #BE99F5

monochromatic

#EAD72A #F0E261 #F5EC99 #FAF6D1 #FCFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F5EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.34

#F5EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5EC99

17.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5EC99	1.00	1.21	17.34	17.34
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.104 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf2b8',
    500: '#f5ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ec99;
$custom-light: #faf2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.13,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93183,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.81703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5EC99

secondary

#5F6AD4

accent

#1CDF07

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5EC99

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

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