#FBE799#FBE799

#FBE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.100 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE799
RGB	rgb(251, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.67, -3.88, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.67, 40.63, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.69% -0.0095 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(92.69% 0.1 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.1109, 79.9634, 41.6614)
Luminance	0.7996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE799 #99ADFB

analogous

#FBB699 #FBE799 #DEFB99

triadic

#FBE799 #99FBE7 #E799FB

tetradic

#FBE799 #99FBB6 #99ADFB #FB99DE

square

#FBE799 #99FBB6 #99ADFB #FB99DE

split-complementary

#FBE799 #99DEFB #B699FB

monochromatic

#F6CB23 #F9D95E #FBE799 #FDF5D4 #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FBE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.99

#FBE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE799

16.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE799	1.00	1.24	16.99	16.99
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.100 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feeeb8',
    500: '#fbe799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe799;
$custom-light: #feeeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92687,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE799

secondary

#5C76DC

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE799

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

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