#FBEF99#FBEF99

#FBEF99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.845; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.107 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEF99
RGB	rgb(251, 239, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.69, -7.89, 43.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.69, 43.75, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(94.28% -0.0211 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(94.28% 0.107 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(76.4013, 84.5443, 42.4249)
Luminance	0.8454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEF99 #99A5FB

analogous

#FBBE99 #FBEF99 #D6FB99

triadic

#FBEF99 #99FBEF #EF99FB

tetradic

#FBEF99 #99FBBE #99A5FB #FB99D6

square

#FBEF99 #99FBBE #99A5FB #FB99D6

split-complementary

#FBEF99 #99D6FB #BE99FB

monochromatic

#F6DD23 #F9E65E #FBEF99 #FDF8D4 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FBEF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.91

#FBEF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEF99

17.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEF99	1.00	1.17	17.91	17.91
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbef99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 239, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.107 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4b8',
    500: '#fbef99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbef99;
$custom-light: #fef4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbef99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94283,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.84542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEF99

secondary

#5C6CDC

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEF99

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

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