#FBEC99#FBEC99

#FBEC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.104 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEC99
RGB	rgb(251, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.93, -6.39, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.93, 42.55, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.68% -0.0168 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(93.68% 0.104 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(75.5303, 82.8023, 42.1346)
Luminance	0.8280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEC99 #99A8FB

analogous

#FBBB99 #FBEC99 #D9FB99

triadic

#FBEC99 #99FBEC #EC99FB

tetradic

#FBEC99 #99FBBB #99A8FB #FB99D9

square

#FBEC99 #99FBBB #99A8FB #FB99D9

split-complementary

#FBEC99 #99D9FB #BB99FB

monochromatic

#F6D623 #F9E15E #FBEC99 #FDF7D4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#FBEC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.56

#FBEC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEC99

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEC99	1.00	1.20	17.56	17.56
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFED9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.104 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2b8',
    500: '#fbec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbec99;
$custom-light: #fef2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93683,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEC99

secondary

#5C70DC

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181611

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEC99

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

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