#FBE495#FBE495

#FBE495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.102 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE495
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(46, 93%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(46, 41%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 40.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.86, -2.79, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.86, 41.48, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.03% -0.0067 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(92.03% 0.102 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.9536, 78.1685, 39.6731)
Luminance	0.7817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE495 #95ACFB

analogous

#FBB195 #FBE495 #DFFB95

triadic

#FBE495 #95FBE4 #E495FB

tetradic

#FBE495 #95FBB1 #95ACFB #FB95DF

square

#FBE495 #95FBB1 #95ACFB #FB95DF

split-complementary

#FBE495 #95DFFB #B195FB

monochromatic

#F7C61F #F9D55A #FBE495 #FDF3D0 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FBE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#FBE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE495

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE495	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E18F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.102 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecb5',
    500: '#fbe495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe495;
$custom-light: #feecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 92.727,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92026,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE495

secondary

#5976DC

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE495

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

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