#F5F259#F5F259

#F5F259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.836; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.170 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F5F259
RGB	rgb(245, 242, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 63.7%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.29, -16.97, 71.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.29, 73.35, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(93.64% -0.0529 0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(93.64% 0.17 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.2139, 83.6402, 21.8421)
Luminance	0.8364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F5F259 #595CF5

analogous

#F5A459 #F5F259 #AAF559

triadic

#F5F259 #59F5F2 #F259F5

tetradic

#F5F259 #59F5A4 #595CF5 #F559AA

square

#F5F259 #59F5A4 #595CF5 #F559AA

split-complementary

#F5F259 #59AAF5 #A459F5

monochromatic

#C8C40C #F2ED1F #F5F259 #F8F793 #FCFBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#F5F259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.73

#F5F259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F5F259

17.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F5F259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F5F259	1.00	1.18	17.73	17.73
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f5f259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(245, 242, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.170 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf68f',
    500: '#f5f259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f5f259;
$custom-light: #fcf68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f5f259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 245,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 88.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93635,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F5F259

secondary

#2E31C4

accent

#05E500

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F5F259

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

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