#FBB599#FBB599

#FBB599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.091 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBB599
RGB	rgb(251, 181, 153)
HSL	hsl(17, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(17, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, 21.98, 24.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 32.80, 47.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% 0.0666 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.091 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0596, 55.8609, 37.6443)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBB599 #99DFFB

analogous

#FB99AE #FBB599 #FBE699

triadic

#FBB599 #99FBB5 #B599FB

tetradic

#FBB599 #AEFB99 #99DFFB #E699FB

square

#FBB599 #AEFB99 #99DFFB #E699FB

split-complementary

#FBB599 #99FBE6 #99AEFB

monochromatic

#F66023 #F98A5E #FBB599 #FDE0D4 #FEEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#FBB599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#FBB599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBB599

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBB599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBB599	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbb599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 181, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.091 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcbb7',
    500: '#fbb599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbb599;
$custom-light: #ffcbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbb599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83184,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBB599

secondary

#5CB8DC

accent

#A4E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFAF8

border

#D7D3D1

text

#181311

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBB599

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

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