#F5F257#F5F257

#F5F257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.171 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5F257
RGB	rgb(245, 242, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 64.5%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.28, -17.08, 72.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.28, 74.11, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(93.62% -0.0535 0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(93.62% 0.171 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.1311, 83.6070, 21.4058)
Luminance	0.8360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5F257 #575AF5

analogous

#F5A357 #F5F257 #A9F557

triadic

#F5F257 #57F5F2 #F257F5

tetradic

#F5F257 #57F5A3 #575AF5 #F557A9

square

#F5F257 #57F5A3 #575AF5 #F557A9

split-complementary

#F5F257 #57A9F5 #A357F5

monochromatic

#C6C20C #F2EE1D #F5F257 #F8F691 #FCFBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#F5F257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.72

#F5F257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5F257

17.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5F257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5F257	1.00	1.19	17.72	17.72
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5f257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 242, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.171 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf68e',
    500: '#f5f257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5f257;
$custom-light: #fcf68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5f257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.861,
    "s": 88.764,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93618,
    "c": 0.17105,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5F257

secondary

#2D30C3

accent

#04E500

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5F257

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

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