#F5ED8D#F5ED8D

#F5ED8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.819; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.118 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5ED8D
RGB	rgb(245, 237, 141)
HSL	hsl(55, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 42.4%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.53, -10.45, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.53, 48.48, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(93.2% -0.0291 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(93.2% 0.118 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.7496, 81.9059, 37.1713)
Luminance	0.8190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5ED8D #8D95F5

analogous

#F5B98D #F5ED8D #C9F58D

triadic

#F5ED8D #8DF5ED #ED8DF5

tetradic

#F5ED8D #8DF5B9 #8D95F5 #F58DC9

square

#F5ED8D #8DF5B9 #8D95F5 #F58DC9

split-complementary

#F5ED8D #8DC9F5 #B98DF5

monochromatic

#EBDB1C #F0E455 #F5ED8D #FAF6C5 #FDFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#F5ED8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.38

#F5ED8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5ED8D

17.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5ED8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5ED8D	1.00	1.21	17.38	17.38
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEC91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ed8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 237, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.118 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf2b0',
    500: '#f5ed8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ed8d;
$custom-light: #faf2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ed8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 83.871,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93199,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5ED8D

secondary

#545DD2

accent

#16E005

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5ED8D

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

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