#FBE581#FBE581

#FBE581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.123 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE581
RGB	rgb(251, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 94%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 48.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.84, -5.22, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.84, 51.41, 95.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0155 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.123 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.7676, 78.1356, 32.0659)
Luminance	0.7813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE581 #8197FB

analogous

#FBA881 #FBE581 #D4FB81

triadic

#FBE581 #81FBE5 #E581FB

tetradic

#FBE581 #81FBA8 #8197FB #FB81D4

square

#FBE581 #81FBA8 #8197FB #FB81D4

split-complementary

#FBE581 #81D4FB #A881FB

monochromatic

#F7CD0A #F9D946 #FBE581 #FDF1BC #FEF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FBE581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#FBE581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE581

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE581	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.123 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffeda7',
    500: '#fbe581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe581;
$custom-light: #ffeda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 93.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91928,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE581

secondary

#4762D9

accent

#29E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#181610

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE581

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

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