#FBF997#FBF997

#FBF997 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.905; OKLCH L 96.3% C 0.120 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBF997
RGB	rgb(251, 249, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 39.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(96.20, -13.03, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(96.20, 48.98, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(96.27% -0.036 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(96.27% 0.12 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(79.2465, 90.4967, 42.5652)
Luminance	0.9050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBF997 #9799FB

analogous

#FBC797 #FBF997 #CBFB97

triadic

#FBF997 #97FBF9 #F997FB

tetradic

#FBF997 #97FBC7 #9799FB #FB97CB

square

#FBF997 #97FBC7 #9799FB #FB97CB

split-complementary

#FBF997 #97CBFB #C797FB

monochromatic

#F6F221 #F9F65C #FBF997 #FDFCD2 #FEFDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.10

#FBF997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.10

#FBF997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBF997

19.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBF997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBF997	1.00	1.10	19.10	19.10
#FFFFFF	1.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF28F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFEEE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F4F4F4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbf997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 249, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(96.3% 0.120 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fefbb7',
    500: '#fbf997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbf997;
$custom-light: #fefbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbf997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.96271,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.90495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBF997

secondary

#5A5DDC

accent

#05E600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFFF8

border

#D7D7D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBF997

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

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