#FBCB95 is a soft, warm lime green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FBCB95 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBCB95 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Topaz as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Topaz sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Topaz holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Topaz opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Topaz is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Topaz carrying the quiet middle.
How #FBCB95 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #FBCB95 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBCB95;
--color-base-rgb: 251 203 149;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.2% 0.088 69.6);
--color-50: #FEF8F0;
--color-100: #FDECD8;
--color-200: #FCD9B1;
--color-300: #F4BC7C;
--color-400: #E69E4C;
--color-500: #CC8029;
--color-600: #9B6527;
--color-700: #6D4A22;
--color-800: #47321A;
--color-900: #2B1F12;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
topaz: {
50: '#FEF8F0',
100: '#FDECD8',
200: '#FCD9B1',
300: '#F4BC7C',
400: '#E69E4C',
500: '#CC8029',
600: '#9B6527',
700: '#6D4A22',
800: '#47321A',
900: '#2B1F12',
},
}
$base: #FBCB95; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF8F0; $base-100: #FDECD8; $base-200: #FCD9B1; $base-300: #F4BC7C; $base-400: #E69E4C; $base-500: #CC8029; $base-600: #9B6527; $base-700: #6D4A22; $base-800: #47321A; $base-900: #2B1F12; $base-hover: #F8A546; $base-subtle: #FAEFE2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBCB95",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF8F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDECD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCD9B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F4BC7C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E69E4C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CC8029",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9B6527",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D4A22",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#47321A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1F12",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}