#FBDB59#FBDB59

#FBDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.150 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBDB59
RGB	rgb(251, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 95%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.5%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -3.11, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 65.93, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0139 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.15 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.9215, 71.8969, 19.8018)
Luminance	0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBDB59 #5979FB

analogous

#FB8A59 #FBDB59 #CAFB59

triadic

#FBDB59 #59FBDB #DB59FB

tetradic

#FBDB59 #59FB8A #5979FB #FB59CA

square

#FBDB59 #59FB8A #5979FB #FB59CA

split-complementary

#FBDB59 #59CAFB #8A59FB

monochromatic

#D4AC05 #FACE1D #FBDB59 #FCE895 #FEF5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FBDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#FBDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBDB59

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBDB59	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.150 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe58d',
    500: '#fbdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbdb59;
$custom-light: #ffe58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 95.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89485,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBDB59

secondary

#294ACF

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBDB59

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

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