#F5EF99#F5EF99

#F5EF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.107 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5EF99
RGB	rgb(245, 239, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 37.6%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.21, -10.19, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.21, 43.54, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(93.79% -0.0275 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(93.79% 0.107 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.2736, 83.4471, 42.3252)
Luminance	0.8345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5EF99 #999FF5

analogous

#F5C199 #F5EF99 #CDF599

triadic

#F5EF99 #99F5EF #EF99F5

tetradic

#F5EF99 #99F5C1 #999FF5 #F599CD

square

#F5EF99 #99F5C1 #999FF5 #F599CD

split-complementary

#F5EF99 #99CDF5 #C199F5

monochromatic

#EADE2A #F0E661 #F5EF99 #FAF8D1 #FCFBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F5EF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.69

#F5EF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5EF99

17.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5EF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5EF99	1.00	1.19	17.69	17.69
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5ef99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 239, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.107 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faf4b8',
    500: '#f5ef99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5ef99;
$custom-light: #faf4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5ef99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 82.143,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9379,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.83445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5EF99

secondary

#5F66D4

accent

#15DF07

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5EF99

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

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