#FBE8A4#FBE8A4

#FBE8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.088 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE8A4
RGB	rgb(251, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(47, 92%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(47, 35%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 34.7%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.09, -3.16, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.09, 35.61, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(93.08% -0.0067 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(93.08% 0.088 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.3423, 80.9050, 46.7622)
Luminance	0.8090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE8A4 #A4B7FB

analogous

#FBBDA4 #FBE8A4 #E3FBA4

triadic

#FBE8A4 #A4FBE8 #E8A4FB

tetradic

#FBE8A4 #A4FBBD #A4B7FB #FBA4E3

square

#FBE8A4 #A4FBBD #A4B7FB #FBA4E3

split-complementary

#FBE8A4 #A4E3FB #BDA4FB

monochromatic

#F6CA2F #F8D969 #FBE8A4 #FEF7DF #FEF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FBE8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#FBE8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE8A4

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE8A4	1.00	1.22	17.18	17.18
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.088 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#feefbf',
    500: '#fbe8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe8a4;
$custom-light: #feefbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.897,
    "s": 91.579,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93075,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE8A4

secondary

#6680DD

accent

#32E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE8A4

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

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