#FBE56A#FBE56A

#FBE56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.144 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE56A
RGB	rgb(251, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 95%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 57.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.59, -7.05, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.59, 61.88, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.65% -0.0232 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(91.65% 0.144 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(70.4072, 77.5914, 24.9008)
Luminance	0.7759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE56A #6A80FB

analogous

#FB9D6A #FBE56A #C8FB6A

triadic

#FBE56A #6AFBE5 #E56AFB

tetradic

#FBE56A #6AFB9D #6A80FB #FB6AC8

square

#FBE56A #6AFB9D #6A80FB #FB6AC8

split-complementary

#FBE56A #6AC8FB #9D6AFB

monochromatic

#E4C306 #F9DB2E #FBE56A #FDEFA6 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FBE56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#FBE56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE56A

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE56A	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DF5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.144 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec98',
    500: '#fbe56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe56a;
$custom-light: #ffec98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 94.771,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91651,
    "c": 0.1442,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE56A

secondary

#334CD6

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE56A

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

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