#FBEC8D#FBEC8D

#FBEC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.824; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.117 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEC8D
RGB	rgb(251, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(52, 93%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 43.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.76, -7.61, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.76, 48.34, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(93.5% -0.0213 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.117 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.5886, 82.4256, 37.1748)
Luminance	0.8242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEC8D #8D9CFB

analogous

#FBB58D #FBEC8D #D3FB8D

triadic

#FBEC8D #8DFBEC #EC8DFB

tetradic

#FBEC8D #8DFBB5 #8D9CFB #FB8DD3

square

#FBEC8D #8DFBB5 #8D9CFB #FB8DD3

split-complementary

#FBEC8D #8DD3FB #B58DFB

monochromatic

#F7D817 #F9E252 #FBEC8D #FDF6C8 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FBEC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.48

#FBEC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEC8D

17.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEC8D	1.00	1.20	17.48	17.48
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.117 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2b0',
    500: '#fbec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbec8d;
$custom-light: #fef2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 93.22,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93498,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.82423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEC8D

secondary

#5264DB

accent

#1FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEC8D

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

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