#FBE599#FBE599

#FBE599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.098 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE599
RGB	rgb(251, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -2.87, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 39.89, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0066 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.098 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.5543, 78.8503, 41.4759)
Luminance	0.7885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE599 #99AFFB

analogous

#FBB499 #FBE599 #E0FB99

triadic

#FBE599 #99FBE5 #E599FB

tetradic

#FBE599 #99FBB4 #99AFFB #FB99E0

square

#FBE599 #99FBB4 #99AFFB #FB99E0

split-complementary

#FBE599 #99E0FB #B499FB

monochromatic

#F6C723 #F9D65E #FBE599 #FDF4D4 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#FBE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#FBE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE599

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE599	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.098 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feedb8',
    500: '#fbe599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe599;
$custom-light: #feedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9229,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE599

secondary

#5C79DC

accent

#34E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE599

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

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