#FBEC8A#FBEC8A

#FBEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEC8A
RGB	rgb(251, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 45%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.72, -7.90, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.72, 49.77, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(93.45% -0.0224 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(93.45% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.3684, 82.3375, 36.0151)
Luminance	0.8234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEC8A #8A99FB

analogous

#FBB48A #FBEC8A #D2FB8A

triadic

#FBEC8A #8AFBEC #EC8AFB

tetradic

#FBEC8A #8AFBB4 #8A99FB #FB8AD2

square

#FBEC8A #8AFBB4 #8A99FB #FB8AD2

split-complementary

#FBEC8A #8AD2FB #B48AFB

monochromatic

#F7D914 #F9E24F #FBEC8A #FDF6C5 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FBEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.47

#FBEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEC8A

17.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEC8A	1.00	1.20	17.47	17.47
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2ae',
    500: '#fbec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbec8a;
$custom-light: #fef2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 93.388,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93454,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.82335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEC8A

secondary

#4F62DA

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEC8A

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

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