#FBE485#FBE485

#FBE485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.118 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE485
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 133)
HSL	hsl(48, 94%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 47%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, -4.36, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 49.17, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0126 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.118 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.7628, 77.6922, 33.4017)
Luminance	0.7769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE485 #859CFB

analogous

#FBA985 #FBE485 #D7FB85

triadic

#FBE485 #85FBE4 #E485FB

tetradic

#FBE485 #85FBA9 #859CFB #FB85D7

square

#FBE485 #85FBA9 #859CFB #FB85D7

split-complementary

#FBE485 #85D7FB #A985FB

monochromatic

#F7CA0E #F9D74A #FBE485 #FDF1C0 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FBE485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#FBE485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE485

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE485	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.118 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffecaa',
    500: '#fbe485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe485;
$custom-light: #ffecaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 93.651,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91784,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE485

secondary

#4B67D9

accent

#2DE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE485

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

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