#FBB957#FBB957

#FBB957 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBB957
RGB	rgb(251, 185, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 95%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 65.3%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, 14.29, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 59.43, 76.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% 0.0364 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.137 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.8566, 55.8997, 16.7048)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBB957 #5799FB

analogous

#FB6757 #FBB957 #EBFB57

triadic

#FBB957 #57FBB9 #B957FB

tetradic

#FBB957 #57FB67 #5799FB #FB57EB

square

#FBB957 #57FB67 #5799FB #FB57EB

split-complementary

#FBB957 #57EBFB #6757FB

monochromatic

#D38005 #FAA01B #FBB957 #FCD293 #FEEBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#FBB957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#FBB957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBB957

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBB957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBB957	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbb957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 185, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffcd8a',
    500: '#fbb957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbb957;
$custom-light: #ffcd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbb957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.854,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82903,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBB957

secondary

#296BCD

accent

#5CE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#19130C

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBB957

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

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