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#FBCA04 — Vivid Yellow

#FBCA04 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #FBCA04 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.

#FBCA04 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 #0435FB; it also sits naturally between #FB4E04 and #B1FB04. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBCA04 · RGB 251, 202, 4

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Color values

HEX#FBCA04
RGB251, 202, 4
HSL48°, 97%, 50%
HSV48°, 98%, 98%
CMYK0%, 20%, 98%, 2%
XYZ60.93, 62.76, 9.02
Yxy62.76, 0.4591, 0.4729
CIE-Lab83.32, 3.03, 84.06
Hunter Lab79.22, 2.92, 46.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 79% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 98% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBCA04 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBCA04 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBCA04

.text { color: #FBCA04; }
.background { background-color: #FBCA04; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBCA04; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 202, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 97%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBCA04; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 202, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBCA04; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 202, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBCA04">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBCA04">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBCA04

#E2B603#CEA503#B59103#A18102#886D02#6F5902#5A4901#413401#2D2401#141000

Tints of #FBCA04

#FCCF1D#FCD331#FCD94A#FDDD5E#FDE277#FDE890#FEECA5#FEF1BE#FEF5D2#FFFBEB

Tones of #FBCA04

#E9BF16#D7B428#C6AA39#B5A04A#A3955C#918A6E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0435FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.55:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBCA04: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBCA04

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 #FBCA04: ·

How #FBCA04 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E534Deuteranopia · #E9EC3FTritanopia · #F95A62

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 #FBCA04 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff9b00
#FF9B00 · #FFE100 · #FFC900 · #EBE389
Palette Fff89a
#FFF89A · #FFC900 · #086E7D · #1A5F7A
Palette 640d5f
#640D5F · #B12C00 · #EB5B00 · #FFCC00
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Palette Ffcc00
#FFCC00 · #FF6666 · #CC0066 · #66CCCC
Palette 007f73
#007F73 · #4CCD99 · #FFC700 · #FFF455

Similar colors

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

#FFC900#FFCC00#FFC700#FFC600#FFCF00#FFC400#FFC300#FFC107#FFC100#FFD400#FFBF00#FFC50F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBCA03  ·  #FBCA05 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBCA04?

#FBCA04 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 202, 4). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBCA04?

#FBCA04 is RGB 251, 202, 4 — HSL 48°, 97%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 98%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBCA04?

Its complement is #0435FB; analogous partners are #FB4E04 and #B1FB04. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBCA04 for text?

Black text on #FBCA04 has a contrast ratio of 13.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.