#FBE8A9#FBE8A9

#FBE8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.083 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE8A9
RGB	rgb(251, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(46, 91%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 32.7%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.17, -2.58, 33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.17, 33.14, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(93.17% -0.0048 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(93.17% 0.083 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.8027, 81.0892, 49.1872)
Luminance	0.8109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE8A9 #A9BCFB

analogous

#FBBFA9 #FBE8A9 #E5FBA9

triadic

#FBE8A9 #A9FBE8 #E8A9FB

tetradic

#FBE8A9 #A9FBBF #A9BCFB #FBA9E5

square

#FBE8A9 #A9FBBF #A9BCFB #FBA9E5

split-complementary

#FBE8A9 #A9E5FB #BFA9FB

monochromatic

#F6C934 #F8D86F #FBE8A9 #FEF7E2 #FEF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#FBE8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#FBE8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE8A9

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE8A9	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEBAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.083 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdefc3',
    500: '#fbe8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe8a9;
$custom-light: #fdefc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.098,
    "s": 91.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93166,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.81087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE8A9

secondary

#6A85DE

accent

#35E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE8A9

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

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