#FBE475#FBE475

#FBE475 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE475
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 117)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 53.4%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -5.72, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 56.62, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.57% -0.0182 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(91.57% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.7404, 77.2833, 28.0171)
Luminance	0.7728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE475 #758CFB

analogous

#FBA175 #FBE475 #CFFB75

triadic

#FBE475 #75FBE4 #E475FB

tetradic

#FBE475 #75FBA1 #758CFB #FB75CF

square

#FBE475 #75FBA1 #758CFB #FB75CF

split-complementary

#FBE475 #75CFFB #A175FB

monochromatic

#EFC707 #F9D83A #FBE475 #FDF0B0 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FBE475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#FBE475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE475

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE475	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9f',
    500: '#fbe475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe475;
$custom-light: #ffec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 94.366,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91575,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE475

secondary

#3D57D7

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE475

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

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