#FBED8A#FBED8A

#FBED8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.7% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBED8A
RGB	rgb(251, 237, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 45%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.98, -8.40, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.98, 50.16, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(93.66% -0.0238 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(93.66% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(74.6571, 82.9149, 36.1113)
Luminance	0.8291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBED8A #8A98FB

analogous

#FBB58A #FBED8A #D1FB8A

triadic

#FBED8A #8AFBED #ED8AFB

tetradic

#FBED8A #8AFBB5 #8A98FB #FB8AD1

square

#FBED8A #8AFBB5 #8A98FB #FB8AD1

split-complementary

#FBED8A #8AD1FB #B58AFB

monochromatic

#F7DB14 #F9E44F #FBED8A #FDF6C5 #FEFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FBED8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.58

#FBED8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBED8A

17.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBED8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBED8A	1.00	1.19	17.58	17.58
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbed8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 237, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.7% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef2ae',
    500: '#fbed8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbed8a;
$custom-light: #fef2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbed8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 93.388,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93655,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBED8A

secondary

#4F60DA

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#181610

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBED8A

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

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