#FBB856#FBB856

#FBB856 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.137 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBB856
RGB	rgb(251, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 95%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 65.7%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, 14.76, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 59.72, 75.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% 0.0376 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.137 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6076, 55.4666, 16.4217)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBB856 #5699FB

analogous

#FB6556 #FBB856 #ECFB56

triadic

#FBB856 #56FBB8 #B856FB

tetradic

#FBB856 #56FB65 #5699FB #FB56EC

square

#FBB856 #56FB65 #5699FB #FB56EC

split-complementary

#FBB856 #56ECFB #6556FB

monochromatic

#D27F05 #FA9F1A #FBB856 #FCD192 #FEEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#FBB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#FBB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBB856

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBB856	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.137 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcd89',
    500: '#fbb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbb856;
$custom-light: #ffcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.636,
    "s": 95.376,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82707,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBB856

secondary

#296BCC

accent

#5DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBB856

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

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