#FBDE5D#FBDE5D

#FBDE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.149 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBDE5D
RGB	rgb(251, 222, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 95%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 62.9%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.71, -4.39, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.71, 65.17, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0171 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.149 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.8837, 73.5454, 20.9738)
Luminance	0.7354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBDE5D #5D7AFB

analogous

#FB8F5D #FBDE5D #C9FB5D

triadic

#FBDE5D #5DFBDE #DE5DFB

tetradic

#FBDE5D #5DFB8F #5D7AFB #FB5DC9

square

#FBDE5D #5DFB8F #5D7AFB #FB5DC9

split-complementary

#FBDE5D #5DC9FB #8F5DFB

monochromatic

#D8B205 #FAD221 #FBDE5D #FCEA99 #FEF6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#FBDE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#FBDE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBDE5D

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBDE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBDE5D	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbde5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 222, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.149 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe790',
    500: '#fbde5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbde5d;
$custom-light: #ffe790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbde5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.987,
    "s": 95.181,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90119,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBDE5D

secondary

#2A49D2

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBDE5D

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

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