#FBC974#FBC974

#FBC974 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.118 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBC974
RGB	rgb(251, 201, 116)
HSL	hsl(38, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 53.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, 7.98, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 49.44, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% 0.0215 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.118 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.8256, 63.5473, 25.4237)
Luminance	0.6354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBC974 #74A6FB

analogous

#FB8674 #FBC974 #E9FB74

triadic

#FBC974 #74FBC9 #C974FB

tetradic

#FBC974 #74FB86 #74A6FB #FB74E9

square

#FBC974 #74FB86 #74A6FB #FB74E9

split-complementary

#FBC974 #74E9FB #8674FB

monochromatic

#EE9807 #F9B239 #FBC974 #FDE0AF #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FBC974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#FBC974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBC974

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBC974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBC974	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbc974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 201, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.118 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd99e',
    500: '#fbc974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbc974;
$custom-light: #ffd99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbc974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 94.406,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86272,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBC974

secondary

#3C75D7

accent

#55E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBC974

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

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