#FBE481#FBE481

#FBE481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.122 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE481
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 94%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 48.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.59, -4.72, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.59, 51.06, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.014 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.122 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.4917, 77.5838, 31.9740)
Luminance	0.7758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE481 #8198FB

analogous

#FBA781 #FBE481 #D5FB81

triadic

#FBE481 #81FBE4 #E481FB

tetradic

#FBE481 #81FBA7 #8198FB #FB81D5

square

#FBE481 #81FBA7 #8198FB #FB81D5

split-complementary

#FBE481 #81D5FB #A781FB

monochromatic

#F7CB0A #F9D746 #FBE481 #FDF1BC #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FBE481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#FBE481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE481

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE481	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.122 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeca7',
    500: '#fbe481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe481;
$custom-light: #ffeca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 93.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91728,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE481

secondary

#4763D9

accent

#2BE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE481

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

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