#FBD174#FBD174

#FBD174 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.121 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD174
RGB	rgb(251, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(41, 94%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(41, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 53.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, 3.85, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 51.30, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% 0.0094 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.121 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.7393, 67.3747, 26.0616)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD174 #749EFB

analogous

#FB8D74 #FBD174 #E2FB74

triadic

#FBD174 #74FBD1 #D174FB

tetradic

#FBD174 #74FB8D #749EFB #FB74E2

square

#FBD174 #74FB8D #749EFB #FB74E2

split-complementary

#FBD174 #74E2FB #8D74FB

monochromatic

#EEA607 #F9BD39 #FBD174 #FDE5AF #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FBD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#FBD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD174

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD174	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)

#E5D06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.121 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffde9e',
    500: '#fbd174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd174;
$custom-light: #ffde9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 94.406,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87814,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD174

secondary

#3C6CD7

accent

#47E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD174

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

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