#FBE49F#FBE49F

#FBE49F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.091 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE49F
RGB	rgb(251, 228, 159)
HSL	hsl(45, 92%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(45, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 36.7%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -1.71, 36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 36.61, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.0028 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.091 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(73.7865, 78.5017, 44.0597)
Luminance	0.7850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE49F #9FB6FB

analogous

#FBB69F #FBE49F #E4FB9F

triadic

#FBE49F #9FFBE4 #E49FFB

tetradic

#FBE49F #9FFBB6 #9FB6FB #FB9FE4

square

#FBE49F #9FFBB6 #9FB6FB #FB9FE4

split-complementary

#FBE49F #9FE4FB #B69FFB

monochromatic

#F6C329 #F9D364 #FBE49F #FDF5DA #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FBE49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#FBE49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE49F

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE49F	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 228, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.091 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feecbc',
    500: '#fbe49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe49f;
$custom-light: #feecbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 92,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92195,
    "c": 0.09059,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE49F

secondary

#6180DD

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181612

muted

#868482

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE49F

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

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