#FBE981#FBE981

#FBE981 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE981
RGB	rgb(251, 233, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 48.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.85, -7.22, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.85, 52.87, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(92.73% -0.0213 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(92.73% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.8871, 80.3746, 32.4391)
Luminance	0.8037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE981 #8193FB

analogous

#FBAC81 #FBE981 #D0FB81

triadic

#FBE981 #81FBE9 #E981FB

tetradic

#FBE981 #81FBAC #8193FB #FB81D0

square

#FBE981 #81FBAC #8193FB #FB81D0

split-complementary

#FBE981 #81D0FB #AC81FB

monochromatic

#F7D40A #F9DF46 #FBE981 #FDF3BC #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FBE981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#FBE981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE981

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE981	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 233, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefa8',
    500: '#fbe981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe981;
$custom-light: #ffefa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 93.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92728,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE981

secondary

#475DD9

accent

#22E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE981

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

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