#FBC981#FBC981

#FBC981 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.106 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBC981
RGB	rgb(251, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(35, 94%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(35, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 48.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, 9.09, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 43.51, 77.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% 0.0263 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.106 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6354, 63.8712, 29.6885)
Luminance	0.6387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBC981 #81B3FB

analogous

#FB8C81 #FBC981 #F0FB81

triadic

#FBC981 #81FBC9 #C981FB

tetradic

#FBC981 #81FB8C #81B3FB #FB81F0

square

#FBC981 #81FB8C #81B3FB #FB81F0

split-complementary

#FBC981 #81F0FB #8C81FB

monochromatic

#F7960A #F9B046 #FBC981 #FDE2BC #FEF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#FBC981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#FBC981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBC981

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBC981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBC981	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCA7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbc981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.106 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd9a6',
    500: '#fbc981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbc981;
$custom-light: #ffd9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbc981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.41,
    "s": 93.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86459,
    "c": 0.10618,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBC981

secondary

#4783D9

accent

#5EE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#18140F

muted

#868380

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBC981

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

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