#F5EE8E#F5EE8E

#F5EE8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.118 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5EE8E
RGB	rgb(245, 238, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 84%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 42%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.80, -10.84, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.80, 48.43, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(93.42% -0.0302 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(93.42% 0.118 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.1146, 82.5164, 37.6617)
Luminance	0.8252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5EE8E #8E95F5

analogous

#F5BA8E #F5EE8E #C8F58E

triadic

#F5EE8E #8EF5EE #EE8EF5

tetradic

#F5EE8E #8EF5BA #8E95F5 #F58EC8

square

#F5EE8E #8EF5BA #8E95F5 #F58EC8

split-complementary

#F5EE8E #8EC8F5 #BA8EF5

monochromatic

#EBDD1E #F0E656 #F5EE8E #FAF6C6 #FDFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#F5EE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#F5EE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5EE8E

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5EE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5EE8E	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ee8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 238, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.118 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf3b0',
    500: '#f5ee8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ee8e;
$custom-light: #faf3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ee8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 83.74,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93417,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.82515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5EE8E

secondary

#555DD3

accent

#14E005

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5EE8E

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

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