#FBB551#FBB551

#FBB551 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBB551
RGB	rgb(251, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 96%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 67.7%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, 16.05, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 61.42, 74.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% 0.0408 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.14 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7966, 54.1557, 15.1921)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBB551 #5197FB

analogous

#FB6051 #FBB551 #ECFB51

triadic

#FBB551 #51FBB5 #B551FB

tetradic

#FBB551 #51FB60 #5197FB #FB51EC

square

#FBB551 #51FB60 #5197FB #FB51EC

split-complementary

#FBB551 #51ECFB #6051FB

monochromatic

#CD7A05 #FA9C15 #FBB551 #FCCE8D #FEE8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#FBB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#FBB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBB551

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBB551	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcb86',
    500: '#fbb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbb551;
$custom-light: #ffcb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 95.506,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82101,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBB551

secondary

#286AC8

accent

#5FE600

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#19130B

muted

#87827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBB551

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

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