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#F2BC06 — Vivid Yellow

#F2BC06 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orange (#FFA500) — not an exact match. CSS orange gives you #FFA500, a different color; use #F2BC06 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#F2BC06 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #063EF4; it also sits naturally between #F44606 and #B4F406. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F2BC06 · RGB 242, 188, 6

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Color values

HEX#F2BC06
RGB242, 188, 6
HSL46°, 95%, 49%
HSV46°, 98%, 95%
CMYK0%, 22%, 98%, 5%
XYZ54.63, 54.86, 7.88
Yxy54.86, 0.4655, 0.4674
CIE-Lab78.96, 6.43, 80.37
Hunter Lab74.07, 6.11, 43.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 74% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 98% · Key 5%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #F2BC06 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F2BC06 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F2BC06

.text { color: #F2BC06; }
.background { background-color: #F2BC06; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F2BC06; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 188, 6); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 95%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F2BC06; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 188, 6, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F2BC06; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 188, 6, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F2BC06">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F2BC06">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F2BC06

#E0AD06#C79A05#B38A05#9A7704#866803#6D5503#5A4502#413202#2D2301#140F01

Tints of #F2BC06

#F9C51A#FACA2E#FAD047#FBD760#FCDD79#FCE28D#FDE8A5#FDEFBE#FEF4D2#FEFAEB

Tones of #F2BC06

#E2B318#D2AA28#C0A139#B0984A#9F8F5B#8E866B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #063EF4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.75:1 Fails
Against black text11.97:1 AAA

Best text color on #F2BC06: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F2BC06

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #F2BC06: ·

How #F2BC06 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #DBDA32Deuteranopia · #DEE23DTritanopia · #EF555C

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Material Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F2BC06 rather than the exact color:

Palette 25671e
#25671E · #48A111 · #F2B50B · #F7F0F0
Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Sunset Boulevard
#6A040F · #DC2F02 · #F48C06 · #FFBA08
Palette 347433
#347433 · #FFC107 · #FF6F3C · #B22222
Palette 007dcc
#007DCC · #FFB900 · #D10056 · #B2054C
Palette Ffbf00
#FFBF00 · #FFF78D · #467235 · #283F24

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#F2B50B#F9B208#FFBA08#FFC107#FFB900#FFBF00#FFC100#FFC300#FFC400#FFB200#FFC600#F9B314

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F2BC05  ·  #F2BC07 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F2BC06?

#F2BC06 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 242, 188, 6). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F2BC06?

#F2BC06 is RGB 242, 188, 6 — HSL 46°, 95%, 49% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 98%, 5%.

What colors go with #F2BC06?

Its complement is #063EF4; analogous partners are #F44606 and #B4F406. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F2BC06 for text?

Black text on #F2BC06 has a contrast ratio of 11.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.75:1.