#FBD599#FBD599

#FBD599 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.087 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD599
RGB	rgb(251, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(37, 92%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(37, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 39%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, 5.29, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 35.00, 81.31°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% 0.0172 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.087 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.3295, 70.4007, 40.0676)
Luminance	0.7040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD599 #99BFFB

analogous

#FBA499 #FBD599 #F0FB99

triadic

#FBD599 #99FBD5 #D599FB

tetradic

#FBD599 #99FBA4 #99BFFB #FB99F0

square

#FBD599 #99FBA4 #99BFFB #FB99F0

split-complementary

#FBD599 #99F0FB #A499FB

monochromatic

#F6A523 #F9BD5E #FBD599 #FDEDD4 #FEF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#FBD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#FBD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD599

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD599	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.087 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee1b7',
    500: '#fbd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd599;
$custom-light: #fee1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 92.453,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89161,
    "c": 0.08747,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD599

secondary

#5C8EDC

accent

#59E600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD599

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

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