#FBE16F#FBE16F

#FBE16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.137 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE16F
RGB	rgb(251, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 95%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 55.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.63, -4.68, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.63, 58.32, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.0159 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.137 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.5808, 75.5104, 25.9457)
Luminance	0.7551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE16F #6F89FB

analogous

#FB9B6F #FBE16F #CFFB6F

triadic

#FBE16F #6FFBE1 #E16FFB

tetradic

#FBE16F #6FFB9B #6F89FB #FB6FCF

square

#FBE16F #6FFB9B #6F89FB #FB6FCF

split-complementary

#FBE16F #6FCFFB #9B6FFB

monochromatic

#E9BF06 #F9D533 #FBE16F #FDEDAB #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FBE16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#FBE16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE16F

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE16F	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.137 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9b',
    500: '#fbe16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe16f;
$custom-light: #ffea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 94.595,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90905,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE16F

secondary

#3855D6

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE16F

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

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