HEX atlas value

#FBEC5D

#FBEC5D is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Maize. RGB 251, 236, 93, HSL 54° 95% 67%, luminance 0.8129; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm vibrant

#FBEC5D Sample readable text

HEX #FBEC5D

RGB rgb(251, 236, 93)

HSL hsl(54 95% 67%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 6, 63, 2)

Luminance 0.8129

Contrast Black 17.26:1White 1.22:1

CSS

--color-fbec5d: #FBEC5D;
.background-fbec5d { background-color: #FBEC5D; }
.text-fbec5d { color: #FBEC5D; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FBEC5D

#FBEC5D is classified as a warm yellow value with vibrant visual character. #FBEC5D is visually closest to Maize, a named yellow color with HEX #FBEC5D.

The RGB channels are 251, 236, and 93, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 54deg with 95% saturation and 67% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.8129, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.26:1AA Pass

White text1.22:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FBEC5D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.26:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.22:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

Laser Lemon#FFFF66 · #000000 text · best 19.75:1 #FDF6B4#FDF6B4 · #000000 text · best 19.02:1 #FFEE57#FFEE57 · #000000 text · best 17.62:1 #BBFB5B#BBFB5B · #000000 text · best 17.06:1 Mustard#FFDB58 · #000000 text · best 15.53:1

Generated Palette

Maize#FBEC5D

#5B6BFB#5B6BFB

#FB9B5B#FB9B5B

#BBFB5B#BBFB5B

#FDF6B4#FDF6B4

#F4DC06#F4DC06

Color Harmonies

#5B6BFB#5B6BFB

#FB9B5B#FB9B5B

#BBFB5B#BBFB5B

#5BFBEB#5BFBEB

#EB5BFB#EB5BFB

Variants

#FDF6B4#FDF6B4

#F4DC06#F4DC06

#FFEE57#FFEE57

#E8DC6D#E8DC6D

#FBF8DA#FBF8DA

#FFF280#FFF280

Nearest Named Colors

Maize#FBEC5D

Naples Yellow#FADA5E

Mustard#FFDB58

Laser Lemon#FFFF66

Straw#E4D96F

Luminance0.8129

Black text17.26:1AA Pass

White text1.22:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FBEC5D","rgb":[251,236,93],"hsl":[54,95,67],"cmyk":[0,6,63,2],"luminance":0.8129,"contrast":{"black":17.26,"white":1.22}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.26,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.22,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Laser Lemon","hex":"#FFFF66","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.75,"contrastWhite":1.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FDF6B4","hex":"#FDF6B4","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.02,"contrastWhite":1.1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFEE57","hex":"#FFEE57","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.62,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#BBFB5B","hex":"#BBFB5B","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.06,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Mustard","hex":"#FFDB58","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.53,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","vibrant","vibrant yellow","Maize adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fbec5d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/maize.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/naples-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mustard.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#5B6BFB","analogous":["#FB9B5B","#BBFB5B"],"triadic":["#5BFBEB","#EB5BFB"],"tetradic":["#5BFB9B","#5B6BFB","#FB5BBB"],"splitComplementary":["#5BBBFB","#9B5BFB"],"monochromatic":["#FDF6B4","#FBEC5D","#F4DC06"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FDF6B4","dark":"#F4DC06","saturated":"#FFEE57","desaturated":"#E8DC6D","pastel":"#FBF8DA","neon":"#FFF280"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"maize","name":"Maize","hex":"#FBEC5D","distance":0},{"slug":"naples-yellow","name":"Naples Yellow","hex":"#FADA5E","distance":18.05547008526779},{"slug":"mustard","name":"Mustard","hex":"#FFDB58","distance":18.16590212458495},{"slug":"laser-lemon","name":"Laser Lemon","hex":"#FFFF66","distance":21.400934559032695},{"slug":"straw","name":"Straw","hex":"#E4D96F","distance":34.84250278036869}]

#FBEC5D

CSS

About #FBEC5D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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