#FBEF9D#FBEF9D

#FBEF9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.847; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.103 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEF9D
RGB	rgb(251, 239, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 37.5%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.74, -7.46, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.74, 41.80, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(94.35% -0.0196 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(94.35% 0.103 101)
XYZ	xyz(76.7372, 84.6786, 44.1941)
Luminance	0.8468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEF9D #9DA9FB

analogous

#FBC09D #FBEF9D #D8FB9D

triadic

#FBEF9D #9DFBEF #EF9DFB

tetradic

#FBEF9D #9DFBC0 #9DA9FB #FB9DD8

square

#FBEF9D #9DFBC0 #9DA9FB #FB9DD8

split-complementary

#FBEF9D #9DD8FB #C09DFB

monochromatic

#F6DC27 #F9E562 #FBEF9D #FDF9D8 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FBEF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.94

#FBEF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEF9D

17.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEF9D	1.00	1.17	17.94	17.94
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDEA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbef9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 239, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.103 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4bb',
    500: '#fbef9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbef9d;
$custom-light: #fef4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbef9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 92.157,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94348,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.84677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEF9D

secondary

#6070DD

accent

#1DE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEF9D

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

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