#FBDB55#FBDB55

#FBDB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.153 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBDB55
RGB	rgb(251, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 95%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.1%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -3.34, 67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 67.55, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.45% -0.015 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.45% 0.153 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.7581, 71.8316, 18.9411)
Luminance	0.7183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBDB55 #5575FB

analogous

#FB8855 #FBDB55 #C8FB55

triadic

#FBDB55 #55FBDB #DB55FB

tetradic

#FBDB55 #55FB88 #5575FB #FB55C8

square

#FBDB55 #55FB88 #5575FB #FB55C8

split-complementary

#FBDB55 #55C8FB #8855FB

monochromatic

#D1A905 #FACE19 #FBDB55 #FCE891 #FEF4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FBDB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#FBDB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBDB55

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBDB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBDB55	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbdb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.153 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe58b',
    500: '#fbdb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbdb55;
$custom-light: #ffe58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbdb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.434,
    "s": 95.402,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8945,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBDB55

secondary

#2948CC

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#19150C

muted

#87847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBDB55

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

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