#FBD499#FBD499

#FBD499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.087 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD499
RGB	rgb(251, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(36, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, 5.81, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 34.76, 80.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% 0.0187 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.087 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.0788, 69.8992, 39.9840)
Luminance	0.6990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD499 #99C0FB

analogous

#FBA399 #FBD499 #F1FB99

triadic

#FBD499 #99FBD4 #D499FB

tetradic

#FBD499 #99FBA3 #99C0FB #FB99F1

square

#FBD499 #99FBA3 #99C0FB #FB99F1

split-complementary

#FBD499 #99F1FB #A399FB

monochromatic

#F6A223 #F9BB5E #FBD499 #FDEDD4 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#FBD499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#FBD499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD499

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD499	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.087 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee1b7',
    500: '#fbd499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd499;
$custom-light: #fee1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.122,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88968,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD499

secondary

#5C8FDC

accent

#5BE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD499

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →