#FBE490#FBE490

#FBE490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.107 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE490
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 42.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -3.30, 43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 43.90, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(91.95% -0.0085 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(91.95% 0.107 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.5629, 78.0123, 37.6157)
Luminance	0.7801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE490 #90A7FB

analogous

#FBAF90 #FBE490 #DCFB90

triadic

#FBE490 #90FBE4 #E490FB

tetradic

#FBE490 #90FBAF #90A7FB #FB90DC

square

#FBE490 #90FBAF #90A7FB #FB90DC

split-complementary

#FBE490 #90DCFB #AF90FB

monochromatic

#F7C71A #F9D655 #FBE490 #FDF2CB #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FBE490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#FBE490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE490

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE490	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.107 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecb1',
    500: '#fbe490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe490;
$custom-light: #feecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 93.043,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91947,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE490

secondary

#5471DB

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE490

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

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