#FBE596#FBE596

#FBE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.101 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE596
RGB	rgb(251, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 40.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.12, -3.19, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.12, 41.35, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0077 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.101 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.3097, 78.7524, 40.1873)
Luminance	0.7875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE596 #96ACFB

analogous

#FBB296 #FBE596 #DEFB96

triadic

#FBE596 #96FBE5 #E596FB

tetradic

#FBE596 #96FBB2 #96ACFB #FB96DE

square

#FBE596 #96FBB2 #96ACFB #FB96DE

split-complementary

#FBE596 #96DEFB #B296FB

monochromatic

#F7C820 #F9D65B #FBE596 #FDF4D1 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FBE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#FBE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE596

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE596	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.101 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feedb6',
    500: '#fbe596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe596;
$custom-light: #feedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 92.661,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92241,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE596

secondary

#5976DC

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE596

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

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