#FBF9EC#FBF9EC

#FBF9EC is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.943; OKLCH L 98.0% C 0.017 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 19.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBF9EC
RGB	rgb(251, 249, 236)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 95%)
HSV	hsv(52, 6%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(97.76, -1.55, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(97.76, 6.65, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(98.01% -0.0029 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(98.01% 0.017 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(88.7976, 94.3171, 92.8677)
Luminance	0.9432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBF9EC #ECEEFB

analogous

#FBF1EC #FBF9EC #F5FBEC

triadic

#FBF9EC #ECFBF9 #F9ECFB

tetradic

#FBF9EC #ECFBF1 #ECEEFB #FBECF5

square

#FBF9EC #ECFBF1 #ECEEFB #FBECF5

split-complementary

#FBF9EC #ECF5FB #F1ECFB

monochromatic

#E6D987 #F0E9B9 #FAF7E6 #FAF7E6 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.06

#FBF9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

19.86

#FBF9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBF9EC

19.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBF9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBF9EC	1.00	1.06	19.86	19.86
#FFFFFF	1.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	19.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	19.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCF8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDF9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEF7F5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F9F9F9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbf9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 249, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(98.0% 0.017 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcfbf2',
    500: '#fbf9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbf9ec;
$custom-light: #fcfbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbf9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 95.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.98014,
    "c": 0.01722,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.94317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBF9EC

secondary

#ABB2E0

accent

#31CD18

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FFFFFE

border

#D7D7D6

text

#171716

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBF9EC

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

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