#FBB252#FBB252

#FBB252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.139 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBB252
RGB	rgb(251, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(34, 95%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 67.3%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 17.67, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 60.72, 73.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% 0.0457 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.139 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2309, 52.9639, 15.1899)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBB252 #529BFB

analogous

#FB5E52 #FBB252 #EFFB52

triadic

#FBB252 #52FBB2 #B252FB

tetradic

#FBB252 #52FB5E #529BFB #FB52EF

square

#FBB252 #52FB5E #529BFB #FB52EF

split-complementary

#FBB252 #52EFFB #5E52FB

monochromatic

#CE7705 #FA9716 #FBB252 #FCCD8E #FEE7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FBB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#FBB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBB252

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBB252	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.139 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc986',
    500: '#fbb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbb252;
$custom-light: #ffc986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.083,
    "s": 95.48,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81559,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBB252

secondary

#286EC9

accent

#63E600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130B

muted

#87827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBB252

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

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