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#FBCD60 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FBCD60 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color SandyBrown (#F4A460). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: sandybrown (#F4A460) — not an exact match. CSS sandybrown gives you #F4A460, a different color; use #FBCD60 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.

#FBCD60 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 #608EFB; it also sits naturally between #FB7F60 and #DCFB60. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBCD60 · RGB 251, 205, 96

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Color values

HEX#FBCD60
RGB251, 205, 96
HSL42°, 95%, 68%
HSV42°, 62%, 98%
CMYK0%, 18%, 62%, 2%
XYZ63.73, 65.02, 20.26
Yxy65.02, 0.4277, 0.4364
CIE-Lab84.49, 4.46, 59.09
Hunter Lab80.63, 4.34, 38.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 38%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 62% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBCD60 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBCD60 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBCD60

.text { color: #FBCD60; }
.background { background-color: #FBCD60; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBCD60; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 205, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 95%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBCD60; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 205, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBCD60; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 205, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBCD60">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBCD60">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBCD60

#FAC342#F9B81F#F4AC06#D19405#B37F05#956A04#725103#553C02#322301#140E01

Tints of #FBCD60

#FBD16F#FCD67E#FCD988#FCDE97#FDE3A5#FDE7B4#FDECC3#FEEFCD#FEF4DC#FEF9EB

Tones of #FBCD60

#EFC86B#E5C476#D9BF81#CFBB8C#C3B697#B9B2A2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #608EFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text14.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBCD60: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBCD60

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 #FBCD60: ·

How #FBCD60 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E77ADeuteranopia · #EAED81Tritanopia · #F98F94

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 #FBCD60 rather than the exact color:

Palette 77bef0
#77BEF0 · #FFCB61 · #FF894F · #EA5B6F
Palette 068b78
#068B78 · #9ED79A · #F2FF97 · #FFCF5E
Palette 282f44
#282F44 · #E6AF2E · #F5D061 · #ECECEC
Velvet Ruby Canyon
#862520 · #C46925 · #F6C862 · #F2E47F
Palette 1e104e
#1E104E · #452E5A · #FF653F · #FFC85C
Palette 2f6b3f
#2F6B3F · #7FB77E · #F7C85C · #FFF6C0

Similar colors

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

#FFCB61#FFCF5E#F5D061#F6C862#FFC85C#F7C85C#FFD460#FACE68#FFC85B#FFD166#FFC764#FFD35A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBCD5F  ·  #FBCD61 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBCD60?

#FBCD60 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 205, 96). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBCD60?

#FBCD60 is RGB 251, 205, 96 — HSL 42°, 95%, 68% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 62%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBCD60?

Its complement is #608EFB; analogous partners are #FB7F60 and #DCFB60. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBCD60 for text?

Black text on #FBCD60 has a contrast ratio of 14.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.