#FBD261#FBD261

#FBD261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.138 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD261
RGB	rgb(251, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 95%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 61.4%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, 1.96, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 60.06, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% 0.0017 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.138 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9911, 67.4691, 20.9066)
Luminance	0.6746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD261 #618AFB

analogous

#FB8561 #FBD261 #D7FB61

triadic

#FBD261 #61FBD2 #D261FB

tetradic

#FBD261 #61FB85 #618AFB #FB61D7

square

#FBD261 #61FB85 #618AFB #FB61D7

split-complementary

#FBD261 #61D7FB #8561FB

monochromatic

#DCA306 #F9C125 #FBD261 #FDE39D #FEF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#FBD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#FBD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD261

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD261	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)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.138 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdf92',
    500: '#fbd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd261;
$custom-light: #ffdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.026,
    "s": 95.062,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87787,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD261

secondary

#2C59D5

accent

#3DE600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD261

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

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