#FBF599#FBF599

#FBF599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.881; OKLCH L 95.5% C 0.114 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBF599
RGB	rgb(251, 245, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.21, -10.86, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.21, 46.28, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(95.49% -0.0296 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(95.49% 0.114 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(78.1871, 88.1158, 43.0202)
Luminance	0.8811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBF599 #999FFB

analogous

#FBC499 #FBF599 #D0FB99

triadic

#FBF599 #99FBF5 #F599FB

tetradic

#FBF599 #99FBC4 #999FFB #FB99D0

square

#FBF599 #99FBC4 #999FFB #FB99D0

split-complementary

#FBF599 #99D0FB #C499FB

monochromatic

#F6E923 #F9EF5E #FBF599 #FDFBD4 #FEFCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#FBF599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.62

#FBF599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBF599

18.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBF599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBF599	1.00	1.13	18.62	18.62
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEADE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbf599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 245, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.5% 0.114 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fef8b8',
    500: '#fbf599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbf599;
$custom-light: #fef8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbf599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95491,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.88114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBF599

secondary

#5C64DC

accent

#0EE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBF599

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

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