#FBEF97#FBEF97

#FBEF97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.110 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEF97
RGB	rgb(251, 239, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 39.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.66, -8.10, 43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.66, 44.72, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(94.25% -0.0218 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(94.25% 0.11 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(76.2375, 84.4787, 41.5622)
Luminance	0.8448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEF97 #97A3FB

analogous

#FBBD97 #FBEF97 #D5FB97

triadic

#FBEF97 #97FBEF #EF97FB

tetradic

#FBEF97 #97FBBD #97A3FB #FB97D5

square

#FBEF97 #97FBBD #97A3FB #FB97D5

split-complementary

#FBEF97 #97D5FB #BD97FB

monochromatic

#F6DD21 #F9E65C #FBEF97 #FDF8D2 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FBEF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.90

#FBEF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEF97

17.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEF97	1.00	1.17	17.90	17.90
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbef97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 239, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.110 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4b7',
    500: '#fbef97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbef97;
$custom-light: #fef4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbef97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94252,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.84477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEF97

secondary

#5A6ADC

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEF97

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

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