#F5F255#F5F255

#F5F255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.172 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5F255
RGB	rgb(245, 242, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 65.3%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.27, -17.19, 72.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.27, 74.87, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(93.6% -0.054 0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(93.6% 0.172 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.0505, 83.5748, 20.9814)
Luminance	0.8357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5F255 #5558F5

analogous

#F5A255 #F5F255 #A8F555

triadic

#F5F255 #55F5F2 #F255F5

tetradic

#F5F255 #55F5A2 #5558F5 #F555A8

square

#F5F255 #55F5A2 #5558F5 #F555A8

split-complementary

#F5F255 #55A8F5 #A255F5

monochromatic

#C4C10C #F2EE1B #F5F255 #F8F68F #FCFBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F5F255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.71

#F5F255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5F255

17.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5F255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5F255	1.00	1.19	17.71	17.71
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5f255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 242, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.172 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf68d',
    500: '#f5f255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5f255;
$custom-light: #fcf68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5f255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.875,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93603,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5F255

secondary

#2D30C1

accent

#04E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5F255

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

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