#FBE985#FBE985

#FBE985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBE985
RGB	rgb(251, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 94%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 47%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.90, -6.87, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.90, 50.99, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.78% -0.0199 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(92.78% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.1582, 80.4831, 33.8669)
Luminance	0.8048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBE985 #8597FB

analogous

#FBAE85 #FBE985 #D2FB85

triadic

#FBE985 #85FBE9 #E985FB

tetradic

#FBE985 #85FBAE #8597FB #FB85D2

square

#FBE985 #85FBAE #8597FB #FB85D2

split-complementary

#FBE985 #85D2FB #AE85FB

monochromatic

#F7D40E #F9DE4A #FBE985 #FDF4C0 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#FBE985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#FBE985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBE985

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBE985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBE985	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE47D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbe985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffefaa',
    500: '#fbe985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbe985;
$custom-light: #ffefaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbe985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 93.651,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92782,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBE985

secondary

#4B60D9

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBE985

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

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