#FBE460#FBE460

#FBE460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.152 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE460
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 95%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 61.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -7.21, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 65.82, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.35% -0.0248 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(91.35% 0.152 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6412, 76.8436, 22.2281)
Luminance	0.7684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE460 #6077FB

analogous

#FB9660 #FBE460 #C4FB60

triadic

#FBE460 #60FBE4 #E460FB

tetradic

#FBE460 #60FB96 #6077FB #FB60C4

square

#FBE460 #60FB96 #6077FB #FB60C4

split-complementary

#FBE460 #60C4FB #9660FB

monochromatic

#DBBB06 #F9DA24 #FBE460 #FDEE9C #FEF8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FBE460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#FBE460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE460

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE460	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.152 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec92',
    500: '#fbe460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe460;
$custom-light: #ffec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.097,
    "s": 95.092,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91349,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE460

secondary

#2B44D4

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE460

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

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