#FBD138#FBD138

#FBD138 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.164 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD138
RGB	rgb(251, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 96%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 77.7%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, 0.44, 75.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 75.44, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0072 0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.164 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3016, 66.3996, 13.2229)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD138 #3862FB

analogous

#FB7038 #FBD138 #C3FB38

triadic

#FBD138 #38FBD1 #D138FB

tetradic

#FBD138 #38FB70 #3862FB #FB38C3

square

#FBD138 #38FB70 #3862FB #FB38C3

split-complementary

#FBD138 #38C3FB #7038FB

monochromatic

#B58F04 #F1BE05 #FBD138 #FCDF74 #FDEDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#FBD138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#FBD138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD138

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD138	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.164 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde7b',
    500: '#fbd138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd138;
$custom-light: #ffde7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 96.059,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87268,
    "c": 0.16402,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD138

secondary

#2342B4

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#19150A

muted

#87847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD138

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

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