#FBE172#FBE172

#FBE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.134 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE172
RGB	rgb(251, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 54.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.66, -4.45, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.66, 56.96, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0149 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.134 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.7487, 75.5776, 26.8303)
Luminance	0.7558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE172 #728CFB

analogous

#FB9D72 #FBE172 #D1FB72

triadic

#FBE172 #72FBE1 #E172FB

tetradic

#FBE172 #72FB9D #728CFB #FB72D1

square

#FBE172 #72FB9D #728CFB #FB72D1

split-complementary

#FBE172 #72D1FB #9D72FB

monochromatic

#ECC007 #F9D436 #FBE172 #FDEEAE #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FBE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.12

#FBE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE172

16.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE172	1.00	1.30	16.12	16.12
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.134 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffea9d',
    500: '#fbe172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe172;
$custom-light: #ffea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9094,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE172

secondary

#3A58D7

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE172

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

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