#FBE49A#FBE49A

#FBE49A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.096 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE49A
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 154)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(46, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 38.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -2.26, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 39.05, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.0047 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.096 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.3614, 78.3316, 41.8207)
Luminance	0.7833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE49A #9AB1FB

analogous

#FBB49A #FBE49A #E2FB9A

triadic

#FBE49A #9AFBE4 #E49AFB

tetradic

#FBE49A #9AFBB4 #9AB1FB #FB9AE2

square

#FBE49A #9AFBB4 #9AB1FB #FB9AE2

split-complementary

#FBE49A #9AE2FB #B49AFB

monochromatic

#F6C524 #F9D45F #FBE49A #FDF4D5 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FBE49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#FBE49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE49A

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE49A	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.096 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecb8',
    500: '#fbe49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe49a;
$custom-light: #feecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.773,
    "s": 92.381,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92109,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE49A

secondary

#5D7BDC

accent

#36E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE49A

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

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