#FBE56F#FBE56F

#FBE56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE56F
RGB	rgb(251, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(51, 95%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 55.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, -6.68, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 59.67, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0216 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.6748, 77.6984, 26.3104)
Luminance	0.7770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE56F #6F85FB

analogous

#FB9F6F #FBE56F #CBFB6F

triadic

#FBE56F #6FFBE5 #E56FFB

tetradic

#FBE56F #6FFB9F #6F85FB #FB6FCB

square

#FBE56F #6FFB9F #6F85FB #FB6FCB

split-complementary

#FBE56F #6FCBFB #9F6FFB

monochromatic

#E9C606 #F9DA33 #FBE56F #FDF0AB #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FBE56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#FBE56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE56F

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE56F	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffec9c',
    500: '#fbe56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe56f;
$custom-light: #ffec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 94.595,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91705,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE56F

secondary

#3851D6

accent

#24E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18160E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE56F

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

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