#FBE479#FBE479

#FBE479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.130 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE479
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 51.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -5.40, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 54.78, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0169 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.13 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.9806, 77.3794, 29.2823)
Luminance	0.7738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE479 #7990FB

analogous

#FBA379 #FBE479 #D1FB79

triadic

#FBE479 #79FBE4 #E479FB

tetradic

#FBE479 #79FBA3 #7990FB #FB79D1

square

#FBE479 #79FBA3 #7990FB #FB79D1

split-complementary

#FBE479 #79D1FB #A379FB

monochromatic

#F2C907 #F9D83E #FBE479 #FDF0B4 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FBE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#FBE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE479

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE479	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.130 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca2',
    500: '#fbe479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe479;
$custom-light: #ffeca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91624,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE479

secondary

#405BD8

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE479

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

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