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#FAC33C — Vivid Yellow

#FAC33C is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color SandyBrown (#F4A460). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: sandybrown (#F4A460) — not an exact match. CSS sandybrown gives you #F4A460, a different color; use #FAC33C 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.

#FAC33C 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 #3D73FA; it also sits naturally between #FA663D and #D1FA3D. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAC33C · RGB 250, 195, 60

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Color values

HEX#FAC33C
RGB250, 195, 60
HSL43°, 95%, 61%
HSV43°, 76%, 98%
CMYK0%, 22%, 76%, 2%
XYZ59.76, 59.68, 12.65
Yxy59.68, 0.4524, 0.4518
CIE-Lab81.66, 7.37, 70.81
Hunter Lab77.25, 7.11, 41.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 76% · Blue 24%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 76% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAC33C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAC33C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAC33C

.text { color: #FAC33C; }
.background { background-color: #FAC33C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAC33C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 195, 60); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 95%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAC33C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 195, 60, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAC33C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 195, 60, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAC33C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAC33C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAC33C

#F9BB1F#F9B406#DB9E06#BD8905#A47704#866103#684C03#4B3602#322401#140E01

Tints of #FAC33C

#FBCA51#FBCF60#FBD574#FCD983#FCDF97#FDE4A5#FDEAB9#FEEEC8#FEF4DC#FEF9EB

Tones of #FAC33C

#ECBE4B#DFB958#D1B366#C4AD73#B6A781#A9A28E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3D73FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.62:1 Fails
Against black text12.94:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAC33C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAC33C

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 #FAC33C: ·

How #FAC33C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E2E25DDeuteranopia · #E5EA65Tritanopia · #F7767C

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:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAC33C rather than the exact color:

Burning Canyon
#102935 · #7512FD · #B242FE · #FDBE3E
Palette Fcc737
#FCC737 · #F26B0F · #E73879 · #7E1891
Serene Ember
#361031 · #44F9DD · #47FA3B · #FDBF41
Palette Fabc3f
#FABC3F · #E85C0D · #C7253E · #821131
Palette 155263
#155263 · #FF6F3C · #FF9A3C · #FFC93C
Palette 0c356a
#0C356A · #0174BE · #FFC436 · #FFF0CE

Similar colors

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

#FDBE3E#FCC737#FDBF41#FABC3F#FFC93C#FFC436#FDCA40#FFCB3C#FFCB3D#FDCB36#FFC145#F9CB43

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAC33B  ·  #FAC33D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAC33C?

#FAC33C is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 195, 60). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAC33C?

#FAC33C is RGB 250, 195, 60 — HSL 43°, 95%, 61% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 76%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAC33C?

Its complement is #3D73FA; analogous partners are #FA663D and #D1FA3D. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAC33C for text?

Black text on #FAC33C has a contrast ratio of 12.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.62:1.