#FBE279#FBE279

#FBE279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.128 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE279
RGB	rgb(251, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 51.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -4.40, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 54.10, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0139 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.128 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.4336, 76.2853, 29.0999)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE279 #7992FB

analogous

#FBA179 #FBE279 #D3FB79

triadic

#FBE279 #79FBE2 #E279FB

tetradic

#FBE279 #79FBA1 #7992FB #FB79D3

square

#FBE279 #79FBA1 #7992FB #FB79D3

split-complementary

#FBE279 #79D3FB #A179FB

monochromatic

#F2C507 #F9D53E #FBE279 #FDEFB4 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FBE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#FBE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE279

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE279	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.128 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa2',
    500: '#fbe279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe279;
$custom-light: #ffeaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91225,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE279

secondary

#405DD8

accent

#2CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE279

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

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