#FBC172#FBC172

#FBC172 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.117 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBC172
RGB	rgb(251, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(35, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(35, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 54.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, 11.98, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 48.88, 75.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% 0.0331 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.117 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.8940, 59.8681, 24.2121)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBC172 #72ACFB

analogous

#FB7D72 #FBC172 #F0FB72

triadic

#FBC172 #72FBC1 #C172FB

tetradic

#FBC172 #72FB7D #72ACFB #FB72F0

square

#FBC172 #72FB7D #72ACFB #FB72F0

split-complementary

#FBC172 #72F0FB #7D72FB

monochromatic

#EC8B07 #F9A736 #FBC172 #FDDBAE #FEF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FBC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#FBC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBC172

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBC172	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.117 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd39c',
    500: '#fbc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbc172;
$custom-light: #ffd39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.599,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84726,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBC172

secondary

#3A7DD7

accent

#61E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBC172

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

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