#FBE178#FBE178

#FBE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.128 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE178
RGB	rgb(251, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 52.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -3.98, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 54.22, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0128 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.128 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.1015, 75.7187, 28.6883)
Luminance	0.7572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE178 #7892FB

analogous

#FBA078 #FBE178 #D3FB78

triadic

#FBE178 #78FBE1 #E178FB

tetradic

#FBE178 #78FBA0 #7892FB #FB78D3

square

#FBE178 #78FBA0 #7892FB #FB78D3

split-complementary

#FBE178 #78D3FB #A078FB

monochromatic

#F1C307 #F9D43D #FBE178 #FDEEB3 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#FBE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#FBE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE178

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE178	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.128 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa1',
    500: '#fbe178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe178;
$custom-light: #ffeaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 94.245,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91013,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE178

secondary

#3F5ED8

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE178

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

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