#FBE699#FBE699

#FBE699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.099 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE699
RGB	rgb(251, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -3.38, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 40.26, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0081 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.099 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.8318, 79.4052, 41.5684)
Luminance	0.7940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE699 #99AEFB

analogous

#FBB599 #FBE699 #DFFB99

triadic

#FBE699 #99FBE6 #E699FB

tetradic

#FBE699 #99FBB5 #99AEFB #FB99DF

square

#FBE699 #99FBB5 #99AEFB #FB99DF

split-complementary

#FBE699 #99DFFB #B599FB

monochromatic

#F6C923 #F9D85E #FBE699 #FDF4D4 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FBE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#FBE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE699

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE699	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.099 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feedb8',
    500: '#fbe699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe699;
$custom-light: #feedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92488,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE699

secondary

#5C78DC

accent

#31E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181611

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE699

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

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