#FBD579#FBD579

#FBD579 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.119 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD579
RGB	rgb(251, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 51.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, 2.21, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 50.06, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% 0.0052 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.119 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.0318, 69.4816, 27.9660)
Luminance	0.6948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD579 #799FFB

analogous

#FB9479 #FBD579 #E0FB79

triadic

#FBD579 #79FBD5 #D579FB

tetradic

#FBD579 #79FB94 #799FFB #FB79E0

square

#FBD579 #79FB94 #799FFB #FB79E0

split-complementary

#FBD579 #79E0FB #9479FB

monochromatic

#F2AE07 #F9C23E #FBD579 #FDE8B4 #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#FBD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#FBD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD579

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD579	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.119 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe1a1',
    500: '#fbd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd579;
$custom-light: #ffe1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8866,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD579

secondary

#406DD8

accent

#43E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD579

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

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