#FBF596#FBF596

#FBF596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.880; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.117 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBF596
RGB	rgb(251, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 40.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.17, -11.17, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.17, 47.72, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(95.45% -0.0308 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(95.45% 0.117 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(77.9424, 88.0180, 41.7316)
Luminance	0.8802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBF596 #969CFB

analogous

#FBC296 #FBF596 #CEFB96

triadic

#FBF596 #96FBF5 #F596FB

tetradic

#FBF596 #96FBC2 #969CFB #FB96CE

square

#FBF596 #96FBC2 #969CFB #FB96CE

split-complementary

#FBF596 #96CEFB #C296FB

monochromatic

#F7EA20 #F9EF5B #FBF596 #FDFBD1 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FBF596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.60

#FBF596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBF596

18.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBF596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBF596	1.00	1.13	18.60	18.60
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbf596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.117 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8b6',
    500: '#fbf596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbf596;
$custom-light: #fef8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbf596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 92.661,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95445,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.88016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBF596

secondary

#5961DC

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBF596

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

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