#FBD178#FBD178

#FBD178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.118 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD178
RGB	rgb(251, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(41, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 52.2%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, 4.18, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 49.46, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% 0.0109 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.118 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9770, 67.4697, 27.3134)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD178 #78A2FB

analogous

#FB8F78 #FBD178 #E4FB78

triadic

#FBD178 #78FBD1 #D178FB

tetradic

#FBD178 #78FB8F #78A2FB #FB78E4

square

#FBD178 #78FB8F #78A2FB #FB78E4

split-complementary

#FBD178 #78E4FB #8F78FB

monochromatic

#F1A607 #F9BD3D #FBD178 #FDE5B3 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FBD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#FBD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD178

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD178	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.118 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdea1',
    500: '#fbd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd178;
$custom-light: #ffdea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.763,
    "s": 94.245,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87868,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD178

secondary

#3F70D8

accent

#4AE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD178

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

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