Palettes / Colors / #FBB309

#FBB309 — Vivid Yellow

#FBB309 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 #FBB309 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.

#FBB309 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 #0952FB; it also sits naturally between #FB3909 and #CBFB09. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 70% · Blue 4%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 96% · Key 2%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FBB309

.text { color: #FBB309; }
.background { background-color: #FBB309; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBB309; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 179, 9); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 97%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBB309; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 179, 9, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBB309; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 179, 9, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBB309">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBB309">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBB309

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #0952FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FBB309: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBB309

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:

How #FBB309 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FBB309 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBB308  ·  #FBB30A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBB309?

#FBB309 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 179, 9). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBB309?

#FBB309 is RGB 251, 179, 9 — HSL 42°, 97%, 51% — CMYK 0%, 29%, 96%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBB309?

Its complement is #0952FB; analogous partners are #FB3909 and #CBFB09. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBB309 for text?

Black text on #FBB309 has a contrast ratio of 11.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.82:1.