#FBE978#FBE978

#FBE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE978
RGB	rgb(251, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 52.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.75, -7.98, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.75, 57.03, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(92.61% -0.0244 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(92.61% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.3151, 80.1458, 29.4261)
Luminance	0.8014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE978 #788AFB

analogous

#FBA878 #FBE978 #CBFB78

triadic

#FBE978 #78FBE9 #E978FB

tetradic

#FBE978 #78FBA8 #788AFB #FB78CB

square

#FBE978 #78FBA8 #788AFB #FB78CB

split-complementary

#FBE978 #78CBFB #A878FB

monochromatic

#F1D107 #F9DF3D #FBE978 #FDF3B3 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FBE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.03

#FBE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE978

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE978	1.00	1.23	17.03	17.03
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa2',
    500: '#fbe978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe978;
$custom-light: #ffefa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 94.245,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92614,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE978

secondary

#3F54D8

accent

#20E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#18160F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE978

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

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