#FBD479#FBD479

#FBD479 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.118 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD479
RGB	rgb(251, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 51.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, 2.72, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 49.78, 86.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.47% 0.0067 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(88.47% 0.118 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.7810, 68.9801, 27.8824)
Luminance	0.6898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD479 #79A0FB

analogous

#FB9379 #FBD479 #E1FB79

triadic

#FBD479 #79FBD4 #D479FB

tetradic

#FBD479 #79FB93 #79A0FB #FB79E1

square

#FBD479 #79FB93 #79A0FB #FB79E1

split-complementary

#FBD479 #79E1FB #9379FB

monochromatic

#F2AC07 #F9C13E #FBD479 #FDE7B4 #FEF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#FBD479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#FBD479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD479

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD479	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.118 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1a1',
    500: '#fbd479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd479;
$custom-light: #ffe1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88465,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD479

secondary

#406ED8

accent

#45E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD479

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

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