#FBE961#FBE961

#FBE961 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.155 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE961
RGB	rgb(251, 233, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 95%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 61.4%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -9.64, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 67.09, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% -0.0316 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.155 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.0830, 79.6530, 22.9372)
Luminance	0.7965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE961 #6173FB

analogous

#FB9C61 #FBE961 #C0FB61

triadic

#FBE961 #61FBE9 #E961FB

tetradic

#FBE961 #61FB9C #6173FB #FB61C0

square

#FBE961 #61FB9C #6173FB #FB61C0

split-complementary

#FBE961 #61C0FB #9C61FB

monochromatic

#DCC306 #F9E125 #FBE961 #FDF19D #FEFAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#FBE961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#FBE961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE961

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE961	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 233, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.155 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef93',
    500: '#fbe961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe961;
$custom-light: #ffef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 95.062,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92367,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE961

secondary

#2C3FD5

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE961

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

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