#FBD997#FBD997

#FBD997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.092 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FBD997
RGB	rgb(251, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(40, 93%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(40, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 39.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, 3.02, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 36.99, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% 0.0104 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.092 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.1843, 72.3722, 39.5445)
Luminance	0.7237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FBD997 #97B9FB

analogous

#FBA797 #FBD997 #EBFB97

triadic

#FBD997 #97FBD9 #D997FB

tetradic

#FBD997 #97FBA7 #97B9FB #FB97EB

square

#FBD997 #97FBA7 #97B9FB #FB97EB

split-complementary

#FBD997 #97EBFB #A797FB

monochromatic

#F6AE21 #F9C35C #FBD997 #FDEFD2 #FEF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#FBD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#FBD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FBD997

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FBD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FBD997	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fbd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.092 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fee4b6',
    500: '#fbd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fbd997;
$custom-light: #fee4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fbd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.6,
    "s": 92.593,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89901,
    "c": 0.09157,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FBD997

secondary

#5A86DC

accent

#4EE600

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#181511

muted

#868481

Preview Lab

Preview with #FBD997

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

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