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#FBCF60 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FBCF60 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 #FBCF60 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.

#FBCF60 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 #608CFB; it also sits naturally between #FB8160 and #D9FB60. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBCF60 · RGB 251, 207, 96

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Color values

HEX#FBCF60
RGB251, 207, 96
HSL43°, 95%, 68%
HSV43°, 62%, 98%
CMYK0%, 18%, 62%, 2%
XYZ64.21, 65.98, 20.42
Yxy65.98, 0.4263, 0.4381
CIE-Lab84.99, 3.43, 59.64
Hunter Lab81.23, 3.34, 38.98

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 81% · 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 #FBCF60 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBCF60 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBCF60

.text { color: #FBCF60; }
.background { background-color: #FBCF60; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBCF60; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 207, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 95%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBCF60; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 207, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBCF60; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 207, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBCF60">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBCF60">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBCF60

#FAC642#F9BB1F#F4B006#D19705#B38205#956C04#725303#553D02#322401#140E01

Tints of #FBCF60

#FBD36F#FCD87E#FCDB88#FCDF97#FDE4A5#FDE8B4#FDEDC3#FEF0CD#FEF4DC#FEF9EB

Tones of #FBCF60

#EFCA6B#E5C576#D9C081#CFBC8C#C3B797#B9B2A2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #608CFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.20:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBCF60: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBCF60

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 #FBCF60: ·

How #FBCF60 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E87BDeuteranopia · #EBEE81Tritanopia · #F99095

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 #FBCF60 rather than the exact color:

Palette 068b78
#068B78 · #9ED79A · #F2FF97 · #FFCF5E
Palette 77bef0
#77BEF0 · #FFCB61 · #FF894F · #EA5B6F
Palette 282f44
#282F44 · #E6AF2E · #F5D061 · #ECECEC
Palette 432f44
#432F44 · #EA5455 · #A7425C · #FFD460
Rustic Ruby
#FF7F50 · #FFD166 · #06D6A0 · #118AB2
Palette 5a9cb5
#5A9CB5 · #FACE68 · #FAAC68 · #FA6868

Similar colors

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

#FFCF5E#FFCB61#F5D061#FFD460#FFD166#FACE68#FFD35A#F4D35E#FFD45A#F6C862#FFC85C#F7C85C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBCF5F  ·  #FBCF61 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBCF60?

#FBCF60 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 207, 96). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBCF60?

#FBCF60 is RGB 251, 207, 96 — HSL 43°, 95%, 68% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 62%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBCF60?

Its complement is #608CFB; analogous partners are #FB8160 and #D9FB60. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBCF60 for text?

Black text on #FBCF60 has a contrast ratio of 14.20:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.