#FBE477#FBE477

#FBE477 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.132 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE477
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 52.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.47, -5.56, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.47, 55.70, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.6% -0.0175 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(91.6% 0.132 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(70.8593, 77.3308, 28.6430)
Luminance	0.7733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE477 #778EFB

analogous

#FBA277 #FBE477 #D0FB77

triadic

#FBE477 #77FBE4 #E477FB

tetradic

#FBE477 #77FBA2 #778EFB #FB77D0

square

#FBE477 #77FBA2 #778EFB #FB77D0

split-complementary

#FBE477 #77D0FB #A277FB

monochromatic

#F1C807 #F9D83C #FBE477 #FDF0B2 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#FBE477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.47

#FBE477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE477

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE477	1.00	1.28	16.47	16.47
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.132 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca1',
    500: '#fbe477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe477;
$custom-light: #ffeca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 94.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91599,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE477

secondary

#3F59D8

accent

#28E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE477

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

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