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#FBB100 — Vivid Yellow

#FBB100 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 #FBB100 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.

#FBB100 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 #004BFA; it also sits naturally between #FA3200 and #C8FA00. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBB100 · RGB 251, 177, 0

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Color values

HEX#FBB100
RGB251, 177, 0
HSL42°, 100%, 49%
HSV42°, 100%, 98%
CMYK0%, 29%, 100%, 2%
XYZ55.51, 51.95, 7.10
Yxy51.95, 0.4845, 0.4535
CIE-Lab77.25, 15.98, 80.27
Hunter Lab72.08, 15.41, 42.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 69% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 100% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBB100 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBB100 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBB100

.text { color: #FBB100; }
.background { background-color: #FBB100; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBB100; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 177, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 100%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBB100; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 177, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBB100; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 177, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBB100">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBB100">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBB100

#E6A100#CC8F00#B88100#9E6F00#8A6000#704F00#5C4000#422E00#2E2000#140E00

Tints of #FBB100

#FFB914#FFBF29#FFC642#FFCE5C#FFD675#FFDC8A#FFE3A3#FFEBBD#FFF1D1#FFF9EB

Tones of #FBB100

#E8A811#D6A024#C49936#B39247#A18B59#8E846B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #004BFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.84:1 Fails
Against black text11.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBB100: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBB100

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 #FBB100: ·

How #FBB100 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDA2BDeuteranopia · #DFE535Tritanopia · #F74D54

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FBB100 rather than the exact color:

Palette 004225
#004225 · #F5F5DC · #FFB000 · #FFCF9D
Palette Ffb200
#FFB200 · #EB5B00 · #E4003A · #B60071
Palette Ffb200
#FFB200 · #EB5B00 · #D91656 · #640D5F
Palette 640d5f
#640D5F · #D91656 · #EB5B00 · #FFB200
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette 237227
#237227 · #519A66 · #FFAA00 · #FFD786

Similar colors

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

#FFB000#FFB200#FFAF00#FFAA00#F9B208#FFB900#F2A900#FFBA08#FDA403#FAA300#FEA405#FFBF00

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBB0FF  ·  #FBB101 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBB100?

#FBB100 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 177, 0). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBB100?

#FBB100 is RGB 251, 177, 0 — HSL 42°, 100%, 49% — CMYK 0%, 29%, 100%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBB100?

Its complement is #004BFA; analogous partners are #FA3200 and #C8FA00. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBB100 for text?

Black text on #FBB100 has a contrast ratio of 11.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.84:1.