#FBE474#FBE474

#FBE474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE474
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 53.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -5.80, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 57.07, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0186 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.6819, 77.2599, 27.7091)
Luminance	0.7726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE474 #748BFB

analogous

#FBA174 #FBE474 #CEFB74

triadic

#FBE474 #74FBE4 #E474FB

tetradic

#FBE474 #74FBA1 #748BFB #FB74CE

square

#FBE474 #74FBA1 #748BFB #FB74CE

split-complementary

#FBE474 #74CEFB #A174FB

monochromatic

#EEC607 #F9D839 #FBE474 #FDF0AF #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FBE474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#FBE474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE474

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE474	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9f',
    500: '#fbe474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe474;
$custom-light: #ffec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 94.406,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91563,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE474

secondary

#3C56D7

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE474

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

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