#FBEF9A#FBEF9A

#FBEF9A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.106 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEF9A
RGB	rgb(251, 239, 154)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.70, -7.78, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.70, 43.27, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(94.3% -0.0207 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(94.3% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.4843, 84.5774, 42.8617)
Luminance	0.8458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEF9A #9AA6FB

analogous

#FBBF9A #FBEF9A #D7FB9A

triadic

#FBEF9A #9AFBEF #EF9AFB

tetradic

#FBEF9A #9AFBBF #9AA6FB #FB9AD7

square

#FBEF9A #9AFBBF #9AA6FB #FB9AD7

split-complementary

#FBEF9A #9AD7FB #BF9AFB

monochromatic

#F6DC24 #F9E65F #FBEF9A #FDF8D5 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FBEF9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.92

#FBEF9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEF9A

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEF9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEF9A	1.00	1.17	17.92	17.92
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEEA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbef9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 239, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.106 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4b9',
    500: '#fbef9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbef9a;
$custom-light: #fef4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbef9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 92.381,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94299,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.84575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEF9A

secondary

#5D6DDC

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEF9A

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

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