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#FACB36 — Vivid Yellow

#FACB36 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #FACB36 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.

#FACB36 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 #3865FA; it also sits naturally between #FA6C38 and #C6FA38. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACB36 · RGB 250, 203, 54

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Color values

HEX#FACB36
RGB250, 203, 54
HSL46°, 95%, 60%
HSV46°, 78%, 98%
CMYK0%, 19%, 78%, 2%
XYZ61.45, 63.30, 12.47
Yxy63.30, 0.4478, 0.4613
CIE-Lab83.60, 3.02, 74.60
Hunter Lab79.56, 2.92, 43.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 21%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 78% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FACB36 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FACB36 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FACB36

.text { color: #FACB36; }
.background { background-color: #FACB36; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACB36; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 203, 54); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 95%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACB36; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 203, 54, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACB36; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 203, 54, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FACB36">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FACB36">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FACB36

#F9C51A#F4BC06#D6A505#BD9205#9F7B04#816403#685103#4B3A02#322601#140F01

Tints of #FACB36

#FAD24C#FBD55B#FBDB6F#FCDE7E#FCE392#FDE8A5#FDECB4#FEF1C8#FEF5D7#FEFAEB

Tones of #FACB36

#ECC546#DEBE54#D0B662#C3AF6F#B5A87D#A7A18B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3865FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.54:1 Fails
Against black text13.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #FACB36: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACB36

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 #FACB36: ·

How #FACB36 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E55ADeuteranopia · #E8EC63Tritanopia · #F8777D

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 #FACB36 rather than the exact color:

Modern Ruby Ember
#190825 · #2E99FA · #FDCB36 · #48FDAF
Palette Fcc737
#FCC737 · #F26B0F · #E73879 · #7E1891
Palette Ffea54
#FFEA54 · #FFCB3C · #FEAA2B · #FF5757
Palette 155263
#155263 · #FF6F3C · #FF9A3C · #FFC93C
Palette 006e7f
#006E7F · #F8CB2E · #EE5007 · #B22727
Ruby Solace
#FFCB3D · #5D9253 · #557945 · #F1A344

Similar colors

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

#FDCB36#FCC737#FFCB3C#FFC93C#F8CB2E#FFCB3D#FFC436#FFCE3E#FDCA40#FBC42D#FCCD2A#FFD23F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACB35  ·  #FACB37 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACB36?

#FACB36 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 203, 54). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACB36?

#FACB36 is RGB 250, 203, 54 — HSL 46°, 95%, 60% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 78%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACB36?

Its complement is #3865FA; analogous partners are #FA6C38 and #C6FA38. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACB36 for text?

Black text on #FACB36 has a contrast ratio of 13.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.54:1.