#FBE079#FBE079

#FBE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.127 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE079
RGB	rgb(251, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 51.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -3.39, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 53.42, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.011 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.127 95)
XYZ	xyz(69.8930, 75.2040, 28.9197)
Luminance	0.7520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE079 #7994FB

analogous

#FB9F79 #FBE079 #D5FB79

triadic

#FBE079 #79FBE0 #E079FB

tetradic

#FBE079 #79FB9F #7994FB #FB79D5

square

#FBE079 #79FB9F #7994FB #FB79D5

split-complementary

#FBE079 #79D5FB #9F79FB

monochromatic

#F2C207 #F9D23E #FBE079 #FDEEB4 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FBE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#FBE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE079

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE079	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.127 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe9a2',
    500: '#fbe079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe079;
$custom-light: #ffe9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90827,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.75201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE079

secondary

#4060D8

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE079

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

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