#FBC599#FBC599

#FBC599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.085 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBC599
RGB	rgb(251, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(27, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(27, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, 13.59, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 32.43, 65.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% 0.0416 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.085 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.5018, 62.7452, 38.7917)
Luminance	0.6274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBC599 #99CFFB

analogous

#FB999E #FBC599 #FBF699

triadic

#FBC599 #99FBC5 #C599FB

tetradic

#FBC599 #9EFB99 #99CFFB #F699FB

square

#FBC599 #9EFB99 #99CFFB #F699FB

split-complementary

#FBC599 #99FBF6 #999EFB

monochromatic

#F68223 #F9A45E #FBC599 #FDE6D4 #FEEEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#FBC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#FBC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBC599

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBC599	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbc599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.085 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed6b7',
    500: '#fbc599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbc599;
$custom-light: #fed6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbc599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.939,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8612,
    "c": 0.08456,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBC599

secondary

#5CA3DC

accent

#7EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#181411

muted

#868381

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBC599

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

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