#FBF499#FBF499

#FBF499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.875; OKLCH L 95.3% C 0.113 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBF499
RGB	rgb(251, 244, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.96, -10.37, 44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.96, 45.85, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(95.29% -0.0282 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(95.29% 0.113 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(77.8854, 87.5124, 42.9196)
Luminance	0.8751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBF499 #99A0FB

analogous

#FBC399 #FBF499 #D1FB99

triadic

#FBF499 #99FBF4 #F499FB

tetradic

#FBF499 #99FBC3 #99A0FB #FB99D1

square

#FBF499 #99FBC3 #99A0FB #FB99D1

split-complementary

#FBF499 #99D1FB #C399FB

monochromatic

#F6E723 #F9EE5E #FBF499 #FDFAD4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#FBF499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.50

#FBF499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBF499

18.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBF499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBF499	1.00	1.14	18.50	18.50
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbf499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 244, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.3% 0.113 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef7b8',
    500: '#fbf499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbf499;
$custom-light: #fef7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbf499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 244,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95289,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.87511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBF499

secondary

#5C65DC

accent

#10E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBF499

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

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