#FBE49B#FBE49B

#FBE49B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.095 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE49B
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 155)
HSL	hsl(46, 92%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 38.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.95, -2.15, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.95, 38.56, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0044 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.095 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.4450, 78.3651, 42.2612)
Luminance	0.7836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE49B #9BB2FB

analogous

#FBB49B #FBE49B #E2FB9B

triadic

#FBE49B #9BFBE4 #E49BFB

tetradic

#FBE49B #9BFBB4 #9BB2FB #FB9BE2

square

#FBE49B #9BFBB4 #9BB2FB #FB9BE2

split-complementary

#FBE49B #9BE2FB #B49BFB

monochromatic

#F6C425 #F9D460 #FBE49B #FDF4D6 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FBE49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#FBE49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE49B

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE49B	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)

#F3E196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.095 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecb9',
    500: '#fbe49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe49b;
$custom-light: #feecb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92126,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE49B

secondary

#5E7CDC

accent

#37E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE49B

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

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