#FBEF9E#FBEF9E

#FBEF9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.847; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.102 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEF9E
RGB	rgb(251, 239, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 92%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(52, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 37.1%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.76, -7.35, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.76, 41.32, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(94.37% -0.0192 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(94.37% 0.102 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.8230, 84.7129, 44.6455)
Luminance	0.8471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEF9E #9EAAFB

analogous

#FBC09E #FBEF9E #D8FB9E

triadic

#FBEF9E #9EFBEF #EF9EFB

tetradic

#FBEF9E #9EFBC0 #9EAAFB #FB9ED8

square

#FBEF9E #9EFBC0 #9EAAFB #FB9ED8

split-complementary

#FBEF9E #9ED8FB #C09EFB

monochromatic

#F6DC28 #F9E563 #FBEF9E #FDF9D9 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FBEF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.94

#FBEF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEF9E

17.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEF9E	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)

#FDEA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEFA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbef9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 239, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.102 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef4bb',
    500: '#fbef9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbef9e;
$custom-light: #fef4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbef9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 92.079,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94365,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.84711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEF9E

secondary

#6070DD

accent

#1EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181712

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEF9E

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

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