#FBEFB9#FBEFB9
#FBEFB9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.857; OKLCH L 94.9% C 0.070 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FBEFB9 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(251, 239, 185) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 89%, 85%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 26%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 26.3%, 1.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(94.20, -4.10, 27.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(94.20, 27.94, 98.44°) |
| OKLab | oklab(94.86% -0.0086 0.0699) |
| OKLCH | oklch(94.86% 0.07 97) |
| XYZ | xyz(79.4075, 85.7467, 58.2573) |
| Luminance | 0.8575 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 2.37
Light Tan
#FBEEAC
ΔE00 2.56
Palegoldenrod
#EEE8AA
ΔE00 3.23
Egg Shell
#FFFCC4
ΔE00 3.67
Lemonchiffon
#FFFACD
ΔE00 3.70
Pale
#FFF9D0
ΔE00 4.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FBEFB9 #B9C5FB
analogous
#FBCEB9 #FBEFB9 #E6FBB9
triadic
#FBEFB9 #B9FBEF #EFB9FB
tetradic
#FBEFB9 #B9FBCE #B9C5FB #FBB9E6
square
#FBEFB9 #B9FBCE #B9C5FB #FBB9E6
split-complementary
#FBEFB9 #B9E6FB #CEB9FB
monochromatic
#F4D545 #F8E27F #FBEFB9 #FDF8E2 #FDF8E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.16
#FBEFB9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
18.15
#FBEFB9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FBEFB9
18.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FBEFB9 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FBEFB9 | 1.00 | 1.16 | 18.15 | 18.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 18.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 18.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FAECB6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FDF0BB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFE7E0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#EEEEEE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fbefb9; /* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 239, 185); /* oklch */ color: oklch(94.9% 0.070 97.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fdf4ce',
500: '#fbefb9',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fbefb9; $custom-light: #fdf4ce; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fbefb9",
"rgb": {
"r": 251,
"g": 239,
"b": 185
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.091,
"s": 89.189,
"l": 85.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.94862,
"c": 0.07047,
"h": 97
},
"luminance": 0.85745
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FBEFB9
secondary
#788BE0
accent
#2AE600
background
#FFFFFE
surface
#FFFEFB
border
#D7D6D4
text
#181713
muted
#868583