#FBEE8A#FBEE8A
#FBEE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.122 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FBEE8A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(251, 238, 138) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 93%, 76%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 45%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 45%, 1.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(93.23, -8.89, 49.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(93.23, 50.56, 100.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(93.86% -0.0252 0.1196) |
| OKLCH | oklch(93.86% 0.122 101.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(74.9475, 83.4956, 36.2081) |
| Luminance | 0.8349 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dark Cream
#FFF39A
ΔE00 2.06
Khaki (CSS)
#F0E68C
ΔE00 2.41
Buff
#FEF69E
ΔE00 2.83
Sandy Yellow
#FDEE73
ΔE00 3.07
Manilla
#FFFA86
ΔE00 3.51
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FBEE8A #8A97FB
analogous
#FBB68A #FBEE8A #D0FB8A
triadic
#FBEE8A #8AFBEE #EE8AFB
tetradic
#FBEE8A #8AFBB6 #8A97FB #FB8AD0
square
#FBEE8A #8AFBB6 #8A97FB #FB8AD0
split-complementary
#FBEE8A #8AD0FB #B68AFB
monochromatic
#F7DD14 #F9E54F #FBEE8A #FDF7C5 #FEFBE1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.19
#FBEE8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
17.70
#FBEE8A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FBEE8A
17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FBEE8A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FBEE8A | 1.00 | 1.19 | 17.70 | 17.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 17.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 17.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FEE882
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFEE8E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFE2D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ECECEC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fbee8a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 238, 138); /* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.122 101.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fef3ae',
500: '#fbee8a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fbee8a; $custom-light: #fef3ae; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fbee8a",
"rgb": {
"r": 251,
"g": 238,
"b": 138
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.097,
"s": 93.388,
"l": 76.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.93857,
"c": 0.12227,
"h": 101.9
},
"luminance": 0.83493
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FBEE8A
secondary
#4F5FDA
accent
#1AE600
background
#FFFFFD
surface
#FFFEF7
border
#D7D6D0
text
#181710
muted
#868581