#FBE49D#FBE49D

#FBE49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.093 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE49D
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 157)
HSL	hsl(45, 92%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 37.5%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -1.93, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 37.58, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0036 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.093 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.6143, 78.4328, 43.1531)
Luminance	0.7843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE49D #9DB4FB

analogous

#FBB59D #FBE49D #E3FB9D

triadic

#FBE49D #9DFBE4 #E49DFB

tetradic

#FBE49D #9DFBB5 #9DB4FB #FB9DE3

square

#FBE49D #9DFBB5 #9DB4FB #FB9DE3

split-complementary

#FBE49D #9DE3FB #B59DFB

monochromatic

#F6C427 #F9D462 #FBE49D #FDF4D8 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FBE49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#FBE49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE49D

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE49D	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.093 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecba',
    500: '#fbe49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe49d;
$custom-light: #feecba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.319,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92161,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE49D

secondary

#607EDD

accent

#38E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE49D

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

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