#FBD172#FBD172

#FBD172 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.123 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD172
RGB	rgb(251, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 54.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, 3.69, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 52.22, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% 0.0088 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.123 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.6243, 67.3286, 25.4555)
Luminance	0.6733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD172 #729CFB

analogous

#FB8D72 #FBD172 #E1FB72

triadic

#FBD172 #72FBD1 #D172FB

tetradic

#FBD172 #72FB8D #729CFB #FB72E1

square

#FBD172 #72FB8D #729CFB #FB72E1

split-complementary

#FBD172 #72E1FB #8D72FB

monochromatic

#ECA607 #F9BE36 #FBD172 #FDE4AE #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FBD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#FBD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD172

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD172	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.123 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9d',
    500: '#fbd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd172;
$custom-light: #ffde9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.606,
    "s": 94.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87789,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD172

secondary

#3A6AD7

accent

#46E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD172

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

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