#FBEFAD#FBEFAD

#FBEFAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.085 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBEFAD
RGB	rgb(251, 239, 173)
HSL	hsl(51, 91%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 31.1%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.00, -5.61, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.00, 33.92, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(94.63% -0.0133 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(94.63% 0.085 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(78.1938, 85.2612, 51.8650)
Luminance	0.8526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBEFAD #ADB9FB

analogous

#FBC8AD #FBEFAD #E0FBAD

triadic

#FBEFAD #ADFBEF #EFADFB

tetradic

#FBEFAD #ADFBC8 #ADB9FB #FBADE0

square

#FBEFAD #ADFBC8 #ADB9FB #FBADE0

split-complementary

#FBEFAD #ADE0FB #C8ADFB

monochromatic

#F5D838 #F8E473 #FBEFAD #FEF9E2 #FEF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FBEFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.05

#FBEFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBEFAD

18.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBEFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBEFAD	1.00	1.16	18.05	18.05
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEBA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbefad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 239, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.085 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf4c6',
    500: '#fbefad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbefad;
$custom-light: #fdf4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbefad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 90.698,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94629,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBEFAD

secondary

#6E7FDF

accent

#23E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF9

border

#D7D6D2

text

#181713

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBEFAD

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

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