#FBC973#FBC973

#FBC973 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.119 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBC973
RGB	rgb(251, 201, 115)
HSL	hsl(38, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 54.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, 7.90, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 49.89, 80.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% 0.0212 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.119 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7678, 63.5241, 25.1190)
Luminance	0.6352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBC973 #73A5FB

analogous

#FB8573 #FBC973 #E9FB73

triadic

#FBC973 #73FBC9 #C973FB

tetradic

#FBC973 #73FB85 #73A5FB #FB73E9

square

#FBC973 #73FB85 #73A5FB #FB73E9

split-complementary

#FBC973 #73E9FB #8573FB

monochromatic

#ED9807 #F9B238 #FBC973 #FDE0AF #FEF4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FBC973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#FBC973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBC973

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBC973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBC973	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbc973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 201, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.119 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd99d',
    500: '#fbc973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbc973;
$custom-light: #ffd99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbc973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 94.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86258,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBC973

secondary

#3B74D7

accent

#54E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBC973

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

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