#FBC261#FBC261

#FBC261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.131 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBC261
RGB	rgb(251, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 95%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 61.4%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, 10.22, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 56.55, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% 0.0258 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.131 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.2365, 59.9600, 19.6551)
Luminance	0.5996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBC261 #619AFB

analogous

#FB7561 #FBC261 #E7FB61

triadic

#FBC261 #61FBC2 #C261FB

tetradic

#FBC261 #61FB75 #619AFB #FB61E7

square

#FBC261 #61FB75 #619AFB #FB61E7

split-complementary

#FBC261 #61E7FB #7561FB

monochromatic

#DC8D06 #F9AB25 #FBC261 #FDD99D #FEF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FBC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#FBC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBC261

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBC261	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.131 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd491',
    500: '#fbc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbc261;
$custom-light: #ffd491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.792,
    "s": 95.062,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84703,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBC261

secondary

#2C6AD5

accent

#55E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#19140D

muted

#87837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBC261

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

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