#FBC978#FBC978

#FBC978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.114 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBC978
RGB	rgb(251, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(37, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 52.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, 8.31, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 47.62, 79.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% 0.023 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.114 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0633, 63.6424, 26.6755)
Luminance	0.6364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBC978 #78AAFB

analogous

#FB8778 #FBC978 #ECFB78

triadic

#FBC978 #78FBC9 #C978FB

tetradic

#FBC978 #78FB87 #78AAFB #FB78EC

square

#FBC978 #78FB87 #78AAFB #FB78EC

split-complementary

#FBC978 #78ECFB #8778FB

monochromatic

#F19807 #F9B13D #FBC978 #FDE1B3 #FEF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#FBC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#FBC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBC978

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBC978	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.114 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd9a0',
    500: '#fbc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbc978;
$custom-light: #ffd9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.099,
    "s": 94.245,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86327,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBC978

secondary

#3F7AD8

accent

#58E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBC978

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

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