#F5ED57#F5ED57

#F5ED57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.166 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5ED57
RGB	rgb(245, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 64.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.99, -14.65, 70.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.99, 72.28, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.59% -0.0466 0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(92.59% 0.166 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6632, 80.6713, 20.9165)
Luminance	0.8067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5ED57 #575FF5

analogous

#F59E57 #F5ED57 #AEF557

triadic

#F5ED57 #57F5ED #ED57F5

tetradic

#F5ED57 #57F59E #575FF5 #F557AE

square

#F5ED57 #57F59E #575FF5 #F557AE

split-complementary

#F5ED57 #57AEF5 #9E57F5

monochromatic

#C6BC0C #F2E71D #F5ED57 #F8F391 #FCF9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#F5ED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.13

#F5ED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5ED57

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5ED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5ED57	1.00	1.23	17.13	17.13
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ed57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.166 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf28d',
    500: '#f5ed57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ed57;
$custom-light: #fcf28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ed57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 88.764,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92587,
    "c": 0.16632,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5ED57

secondary

#2D35C3

accent

#0CE500

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5ED57

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

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