#F5ED85#F5ED85

#F5ED85 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.126 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5ED85
RGB	rgb(245, 237, 133)
HSL	hsl(56, 85%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 45.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.43, -11.21, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.43, 52.28, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(93.09% -0.0321 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(93.09% 0.126 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.1757, 81.6763, 34.1489)
Luminance	0.8167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5ED85 #858DF5

analogous

#F5B585 #F5ED85 #C5F585

triadic

#F5ED85 #85F5ED #ED85F5

tetradic

#F5ED85 #85F5B5 #858DF5 #F585C5

square

#F5ED85 #85F5B5 #858DF5 #F585C5

split-complementary

#F5ED85 #85C5F5 #B585F5

monochromatic

#ECDC14 #F0E54C #F5ED85 #FAF5BE #FDFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F5ED85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.33

#F5ED85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5ED85

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5ED85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5ED85	1.00	1.21	17.33	17.33
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE67C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ed85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 237, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.126 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf2aa',
    500: '#f5ed85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ed85;
$custom-light: #faf2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ed85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 84.848,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93086,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5ED85

secondary

#4D56D2

accent

#14E104

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5ED85

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

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