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#FBB103 — Vivid Yellow

#FBB103 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 #FBB103 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.

#FBB103 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 #034EFC; it also sits naturally between #FC3503 and #CAFC03. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBB103 · RGB 251, 177, 3

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Color values

HEX#FBB103
RGB251, 177, 3
HSL42°, 98%, 50%
HSV42°, 99%, 98%
CMYK0%, 29%, 99%, 2%
XYZ55.52, 51.96, 7.19
Yxy51.96, 0.4842, 0.4531
CIE-Lab77.26, 16.00, 79.95
Hunter Lab72.08, 15.44, 42.18

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 69% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 99% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBB103 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBB103 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBB103

.text { color: #FBB103; }
.background { background-color: #FBB103; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBB103; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 177, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 98%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBB103; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 177, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBB103; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 177, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBB103">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBB103">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBB103

#E3A002#CF9202#B68002#A27202#886001#6F4E01#5B4001#422E01#2D2000#140E00

Tints of #FBB103

#FDB91C#FDBF30#FDC749#FDCD5D#FED577#FEDD90#FEE3A4#FEEBBD#FFF1D2#FFF9EB

Tones of #FBB103

#EBAA14#D9A326#C79C38#B5954A#A38E5C#91876E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #034EFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #FBB103: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBB103

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 #FBB103: ·

How #FBB103 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDA2DDeuteranopia · #DFE537Tritanopia · #F74E56

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 #FBB103 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 F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404

Similar colors

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

#FFB000#FFB200#FFAF00#F9B208#FFAA00#FFB900#FFBA08#F2A900#F2B50B#FDA403#FEA405#FAA300

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBB102  ·  #FBB104 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBB103?

#FBB103 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 177, 3). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBB103?

#FBB103 is RGB 251, 177, 3 — HSL 42°, 98%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 29%, 99%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBB103?

Its complement is #034EFC; analogous partners are #FC3503 and #CAFC03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBB103 for text?

Black text on #FBB103 has a contrast ratio of 11.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.84:1.