#F5ED5C#F5ED5C

#F5ED5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.163 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5ED5C
RGB	rgb(245, 237, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 88%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 62.4%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.02, -14.35, 68.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.02, 70.31, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(92.63% -0.0452 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(92.63% 0.163 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.8746, 80.7559, 22.0299)
Luminance	0.8075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5ED5C #5C64F5

analogous

#F5A05C #F5ED5C #B0F55C

triadic

#F5ED5C #5CF5ED #ED5CF5

tetradic

#F5ED5C #5CF5A0 #5C64F5 #F55CB0

square

#F5ED5C #5CF5A0 #5C64F5 #F55CB0

split-complementary

#F5ED5C #5CB0F5 #A05CF5

monochromatic

#CAC00C #F1E722 #F5ED5C #F9F396 #FCFACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F5ED5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#F5ED5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5ED5C

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5ED5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5ED5C	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ed5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 237, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.163 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf290',
    500: '#f5ed5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ed5c;
$custom-light: #fcf290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ed5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 88.439,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92629,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5ED5C

secondary

#2F37C6

accent

#0CE500

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5ED5C

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

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