#FBE16C#FBE16C

#FBE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.139 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE16C
RGB	rgb(251, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 95%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -4.90, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 59.66, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90.87% -0.0168 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(90.87% 0.139 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.4184, 75.4454, 25.0903)
Luminance	0.7544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE16C #6C86FB

analogous

#FB996C #FBE16C #CDFB6C

triadic

#FBE16C #6CFBE1 #E16CFB

tetradic

#FBE16C #6CFB99 #6C86FB #FB6CCD

square

#FBE16C #6CFB99 #6C86FB #FB6CCD

split-complementary

#FBE16C #6CCDFB #996CFB

monochromatic

#E6BE06 #F9D530 #FBE16C #FDEDA8 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#FBE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#FBE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE16C

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE16C	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.139 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9a',
    500: '#fbe16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe16c;
$custom-light: #ffea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 94.702,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90871,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE16C

secondary

#3552D6

accent

#2AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE16C

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

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