#FBDE79#FBDE79

#FBDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.125 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBDE79
RGB	rgb(251, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 51.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -2.38, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 52.77, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0081 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.125 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3586, 74.1353, 28.7416)
Luminance	0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBDE79 #7996FB

analogous

#FB9D79 #FBDE79 #D7FB79

triadic

#FBDE79 #79FBDE #DE79FB

tetradic

#FBDE79 #79FB9D #7996FB #FB79D7

square

#FBDE79 #79FB9D #7996FB #FB79D7

split-complementary

#FBDE79 #79D7FB #9D79FB

monochromatic

#F2BE07 #F9CF3E #FBDE79 #FDEDB4 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#FBDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#FBDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBDE79

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBDE79	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbde79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.125 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe8a2',
    500: '#fbde79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbde79;
$custom-light: #ffe8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbde79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9043,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBDE79

secondary

#4062D8

accent

#33E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBDE79

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

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