#F5ED8A#F5ED8A

#F5ED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.121 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5ED8A
RGB	rgb(245, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 84%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(56, 44%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 43.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.49, -10.74, 48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.49, 49.92, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(93.16% -0.0302 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(93.16% 0.121 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.5294, 81.8178, 36.0116)
Luminance	0.8182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5ED8A #8A92F5

analogous

#F5B78A #F5ED8A #C7F58A

triadic

#F5ED8A #8AF5ED #ED8AF5

tetradic

#F5ED8A #8AF5B7 #8A92F5 #F58AC7

square

#F5ED8A #8AF5B7 #8A92F5 #F58AC7

split-complementary

#F5ED8A #8AC7F5 #B78AF5

monochromatic

#EBDC19 #F0E452 #F5ED8A #FAF6C2 #FDFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F5ED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36

#F5ED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5ED8A

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5ED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5ED8A	1.00	1.21	17.36	17.36
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.121 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf2ae',
    500: '#f5ed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ed8a;
$custom-light: #faf2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 84.252,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93156,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5ED8A

secondary

#515BD2

accent

#15E105

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5ED8A

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

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