#F5ED5E#F5ED5E

#F5ED5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.161 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5ED5E
RGB	rgb(245, 237, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 88%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 61.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.04, -14.23, 68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.04, 69.51, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(92.65% -0.0447 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(92.65% 0.161 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.9632, 80.7913, 22.4964)
Luminance	0.8079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5ED5E #5E66F5

analogous

#F5A25E #F5ED5E #B2F55E

triadic

#F5ED5E #5EF5ED #ED5EF5

tetradic

#F5ED5E #5EF5A2 #5E66F5 #F55EB2

square

#F5ED5E #5EF5A2 #5E66F5 #F55EB2

split-complementary

#F5ED5E #5EB2F5 #A25EF5

monochromatic

#CCC20D #F1E724 #F5ED5E #F9F398 #FCFAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#F5ED5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#F5ED5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5ED5E

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5ED5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5ED5E	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ed5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 237, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.161 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf292',
    500: '#f5ed5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ed5e;
$custom-light: #fcf292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ed5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.821,
    "s": 88.304,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92646,
    "c": 0.1612,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5ED5E

secondary

#2F37C8

accent

#0DE501

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5ED5E

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

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