#FBE871#FBE871

#FBE871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE871
RGB	rgb(251, 232, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 95%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 55%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -8.03, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 59.83, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(92.33% -0.0253 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(92.33% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(71.6234, 79.4175, 27.1759)
Luminance	0.7942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE871 #7184FB

analogous

#FBA371 #FBE871 #C9FB71

triadic

#FBE871 #71FBE8 #E871FB

tetradic

#FBE871 #71FBA3 #7184FB #FB71C9

square

#FBE871 #71FBA3 #7184FB #FB71C9

split-complementary

#FBE871 #71C9FB #A371FB

monochromatic

#EBCC07 #F9DE35 #FBE871 #FDF2AD #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FBE871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#FBE871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE871

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE871	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)

#FBE265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 232, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9d',
    500: '#fbe871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe871;
$custom-light: #ffef9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 94.521,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92331,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE871

secondary

#394FD7

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE871

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

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