#FBE579#FBE579

#FBE579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE579
RGB	rgb(251, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 51.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -5.90, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 55.14, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0183 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.131 98)
XYZ	xyz(71.2565, 77.9311, 29.3742)
Luminance	0.7793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE579 #798FFB

analogous

#FBA479 #FBE579 #D0FB79

triadic

#FBE579 #79FBE5 #E579FB

tetradic

#FBE579 #79FBA4 #798FFB #FB79D0

square

#FBE579 #79FBA4 #798FFB #FB79D0

split-complementary

#FBE579 #79D0FB #A479FB

monochromatic

#F2CB07 #F9D93E #FBE579 #FDF1B4 #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#FBE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#FBE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE579

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE579	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.131 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeda2',
    500: '#fbe579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe579;
$custom-light: #ffeda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91824,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.77928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE579

secondary

#405AD8

accent

#27E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18160F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE579

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

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