#FBE489#FBE489

#FBE489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.114 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE489
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 45.4%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -3.99, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 47.26, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0111 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.114 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.0444, 77.8049, 34.8849)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE489 #89A0FB

analogous

#FBAB89 #FBE489 #D9FB89

triadic

#FBE489 #89FBE4 #E489FB

tetradic

#FBE489 #89FBAB #89A0FB #FB89D9

square

#FBE489 #89FBAB #89A0FB #FB89D9

split-complementary

#FBE489 #89D9FB #AB89FB

monochromatic

#F7C913 #F9D64E #FBE489 #FDF2C4 #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FBE489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#FBE489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE489

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE489	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.114 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecad',
    500: '#fbe489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe489;
$custom-light: #feecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 93.443,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91841,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE489

secondary

#4E6ADA

accent

#2EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE489

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

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