#FBE973#FBE973

#FBE973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.140 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE973
RGB	rgb(251, 233, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 54.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.70, -8.38, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.70, 59.29, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(92.56% -0.0261 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(92.56% 0.14 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.0195, 80.0276, 27.8696)
Luminance	0.8003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE973 #7385FB

analogous

#FBA573 #FBE973 #C9FB73

triadic

#FBE973 #73FBE9 #E973FB

tetradic

#FBE973 #73FBA5 #7385FB #FB73C9

square

#FBE973 #73FBA5 #7385FB #FB73C9

split-complementary

#FBE973 #73C9FB #A573FB

monochromatic

#EDCE07 #F9E038 #FBE973 #FDF2AF #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FBE973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.01

#FBE973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE973

17.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE973	1.00	1.23	17.01	17.01
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 233, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.140 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffef9e',
    500: '#fbe973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe973;
$custom-light: #ffef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92555,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE973

secondary

#3B50D7

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE973

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

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