#FBD981#FBD981

#FBD981 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.114 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD981
RGB	rgb(251, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(43, 94%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(43, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 48.6%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, 0.85, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 47.47, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.55% 0.0021 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(89.55% 0.114 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.5614, 71.7231, 30.9972)
Luminance	0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD981 #81A3FB

analogous

#FB9C81 #FBD981 #E0FB81

triadic

#FBD981 #81FBD9 #D981FB

tetradic

#FBD981 #81FB9C #81A3FB #FB81E0

square

#FBD981 #81FB9C #81A3FB #FB81E0

split-complementary

#FBD981 #81E0FB #9C81FB

monochromatic

#F7B50A #F9C746 #FBD981 #FDEBBC #FEF6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#FBD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#FBD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD981

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD981	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD77A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.114 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffe4a7',
    500: '#fbd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd981;
$custom-light: #ffe4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.279,
    "s": 93.846,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89553,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD981

secondary

#4770D9

accent

#40E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#18150F

muted

#868480

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD981

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

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