#FBE462#FBE462

#FBE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.150 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE462
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 95%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 61%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -7.08, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 64.98, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0242 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.15 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7345, 76.8809, 22.7192)
Luminance	0.7688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE462 #6279FB

analogous

#FB9762 #FBE462 #C6FB62

triadic

#FBE462 #62FBE4 #E462FB

tetradic

#FBE462 #62FB97 #6279FB #FB62C6

square

#FBE462 #62FB97 #6279FB #FB62C6

split-complementary

#FBE462 #62C6FB #9762FB

monochromatic

#DDBD06 #F9DA26 #FBE462 #FDEE9E #FEF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FBE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#FBE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE462

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE462	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.150 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec93',
    500: '#fbe462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe462;
$custom-light: #ffec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.98,
    "s": 95.031,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91369,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE462

secondary

#2D46D5

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE462

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

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