#FBEF9B#FBEF9B

#FBEF9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.846; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.105 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEF9B
RGB	rgb(251, 239, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 92%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 38.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.72, -7.67, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.72, 42.78, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(94.32% -0.0203 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(94.32% 0.105 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.5679, 84.6109, 43.3021)
Luminance	0.8461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEF9B #9BA7FB

analogous

#FBBF9B #FBEF9B #D7FB9B

triadic

#FBEF9B #9BFBEF #EF9BFB

tetradic

#FBEF9B #9BFBBF #9BA7FB #FB9BD7

square

#FBEF9B #9BFBBF #9BA7FB #FB9BD7

split-complementary

#FBEF9B #9BD7FB #BF9BFB

monochromatic

#F6DC25 #F9E660 #FBEF9B #FDF8D6 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FBEF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.92

#FBEF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEF9B

17.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEF9B	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)

#FEEA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbef9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 239, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.105 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4b9',
    500: '#fbef9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbef9b;
$custom-light: #fef4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbef9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 92.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94315,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.84609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEF9B

secondary

#5E6EDC

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEF9B

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

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