#FBB42E#FBB42E

#FBB42E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.159 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBB42E
RGB	rgb(251, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 96%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 81.7%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, 15.13, 72.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 73.84, 78.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% 0.034 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.159 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6022, 53.3538, 9.9015)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBB42E #2E75FB

analogous

#FB4E2E #FBB42E #DBFB2E

triadic

#FBB42E #2EFBB4 #B42EFB

tetradic

#FBB42E #2EFB4E #2E75FB #FB2EDB

square

#FBB42E #2EFB4E #2E75FB #FB2EDB

split-complementary

#FBB42E #2EDBFB #4E2EFB

monochromatic

#AB7103 #E79904 #FBB42E #FCCA6A #FDDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#FBB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#FBB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBB42E

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBB42E	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB70A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.159 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffca73',
    500: '#fbb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbb42e;
$custom-light: #ffca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.22,
    "s": 96.244,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81661,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBB42E

secondary

#2151AC

accent

#73FF29

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#191309

muted

#87827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBB42E

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

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