#FBE281#FBE281

#FBE281 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.121 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE281
RGB	rgb(251, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 48.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -3.71, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 50.36, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.0111 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.121 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.9447, 76.4898, 31.7916)
Luminance	0.7649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE281 #819AFB

analogous

#FBA581 #FBE281 #D7FB81

triadic

#FBE281 #81FBE2 #E281FB

tetradic

#FBE281 #81FBA5 #819AFB #FB81D7

square

#FBE281 #81FBA5 #819AFB #FB81D7

split-complementary

#FBE281 #81D7FB #A581FB

monochromatic

#F7C70A #F9D446 #FBE281 #FDF0BC #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#FBE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#FBE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE281

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE281	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.121 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeaa7',
    500: '#fbe281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe281;
$custom-light: #ffeaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 93.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9133,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE281

secondary

#4765D9

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE281

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

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