#FBF496#FBF496

#FBF496 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.874; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.116 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBF496
RGB	rgb(251, 244, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 40.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.91, -10.68, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.91, 47.29, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(95.24% -0.0293 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(95.24% 0.116 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(77.6407, 87.4146, 41.6310)
Luminance	0.8741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBF496 #969DFB

analogous

#FBC196 #FBF496 #CFFB96

triadic

#FBF496 #96FBF4 #F496FB

tetradic

#FBF496 #96FBC1 #969DFB #FB96CF

square

#FBF496 #96FBC1 #969DFB #FB96CF

split-complementary

#FBF496 #96CFFB #C196FB

monochromatic

#F7E820 #F9EE5B #FBF496 #FDFAD1 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FBF496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.48

#FBF496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBF496

18.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBF496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBF496	1.00	1.14	18.48	18.48
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbf496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 244, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.116 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef7b6',
    500: '#fbf496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbf496;
$custom-light: #fef7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbf496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 92.661,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95243,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.87413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBF496

secondary

#5963DC

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBF496

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

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