#FBE591#FBE591

#FBE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.107 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE591
RGB	rgb(251, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(48, 93%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 42.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.05, -3.71, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.05, 43.78, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.16% -0.0096 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(92.16% 0.107 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.9156, 78.5948, 38.1120)
Luminance	0.7859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE591 #91A7FB

analogous

#FBB091 #FBE591 #DCFB91

triadic

#FBE591 #91FBE5 #E591FB

tetradic

#FBE591 #91FBB0 #91A7FB #FB91DC

square

#FBE591 #91FBB0 #91A7FB #FB91DC

split-complementary

#FBE591 #91DCFB #B091FB

monochromatic

#F7C91B #F9D756 #FBE591 #FDF3CC #FEF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#FBE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#FBE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE591

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE591	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E18B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.107 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feedb2',
    500: '#fbe591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe591;
$custom-light: #feedb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 92.982,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92161,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE591

secondary

#5571DB

accent

#30E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE591

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

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