#FBDE78#FBDE78

#FBDE78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.126 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBDE78
RGB	rgb(251, 222, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 52.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -2.46, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 53.23, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0085 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.126 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.2976, 74.1109, 28.4203)
Luminance	0.7411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBDE78 #7895FB

analogous

#FB9D78 #FBDE78 #D6FB78

triadic

#FBDE78 #78FBDE #DE78FB

tetradic

#FBDE78 #78FB9D #7895FB #FB78D6

square

#FBDE78 #78FB9D #7895FB #FB78D6

split-complementary

#FBDE78 #78D6FB #9D78FB

monochromatic

#F1BE07 #F9CF3D #FBDE78 #FDEDB3 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FBDE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#FBDE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBDE78

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBDE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBDE78	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbde78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 222, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.126 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a1',
    500: '#fbde78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbde78;
$custom-light: #ffe8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbde78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 94.245,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90417,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBDE78

secondary

#3F61D8

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBDE78

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

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