#FBEF96#FBEF96

#FBEF96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.844; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.111 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEF96
RGB	rgb(251, 239, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 40.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.64, -8.20, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.64, 45.21, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(94.24% -0.0222 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(94.24% 0.111 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.1567, 84.4464, 41.1363)
Luminance	0.8444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEF96 #96A2FB

analogous

#FBBC96 #FBEF96 #D4FB96

triadic

#FBEF96 #96FBEF #EF96FB

tetradic

#FBEF96 #96FBBC #96A2FB #FB96D4

square

#FBEF96 #96FBBC #96A2FB #FB96D4

split-complementary

#FBEF96 #96D4FB #BC96FB

monochromatic

#F7DD20 #F9E65B #FBEF96 #FDF8D1 #FEFBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FBEF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.89

#FBEF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEF96

17.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEF96	1.00	1.17	17.89	17.89
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbef96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 239, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.111 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4b6',
    500: '#fbef96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbef96;
$custom-light: #fef4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbef96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 92.661,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94236,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.84444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEF96

secondary

#5969DC

accent

#1BE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEF96

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

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