#FBF179#FBF179

#FBF179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.848; OKLCH L 94.2% C 0.142 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBF179
RGB	rgb(251, 241, 121)
HSL	hsl(55, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 51.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.80, -11.86, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.80, 59.61, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(94.24% -0.0354 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(94.24% 0.142 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(74.6923, 84.8026, 30.5195)
Luminance	0.8480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBF179 #7983FB

analogous

#FBB079 #FBF179 #C4FB79

triadic

#FBF179 #79FBF1 #F179FB

tetradic

#FBF179 #79FBB0 #7983FB #FB79C4

square

#FBF179 #79FBB0 #7983FB #FB79C4

split-complementary

#FBF179 #79C4FB #B079FB

monochromatic

#F2E007 #F9EB3E #FBF179 #FDF7B4 #FEFCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.17

#FBF179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.96

#FBF179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBF179

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBF179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBF179	1.00	1.17	17.96	17.96
#FFFFFF	1.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EDEDED

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbf179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 241, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.2% 0.142 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff5a3',
    500: '#fbf179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbf179;
$custom-light: #fff5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbf179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 241,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94243,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBF179

secondary

#404CD8

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#18170F

muted

#868580

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBF179

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

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