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#FBEB60 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FBEB60 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #FBEB60 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.

#FBEB60 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 #606FFB; it also sits naturally between #FB9E60 and #BDFB60. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBEB60 · RGB 251, 235, 96

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Color values

HEX#FBEB60
RGB251, 235, 96
HSL54°, 95%, 68%
HSV54°, 62%, 98%
CMYK0%, 6%, 62%, 2%
XYZ71.60, 80.77, 22.88
Yxy80.77, 0.4086, 0.4609
CIE-Lab92.03, -10.69, 67.35
Hunter Lab89.87, -10.42, 44.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 92% · Blue 38%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 62% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBEB60 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBEB60 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBEB60

.text { color: #FBEB60; }
.background { background-color: #FBEB60; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBEB60; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 235, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 95%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBEB60; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 235, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBEB60; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 235, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBEB60">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBEB60">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBEB60

#FAE842#F9E31F#F4DC06#D1BC05#B3A205#958704#726703#554C02#322D01#141201

Tints of #FBEB60

#FBED6F#FCEF7E#FCF088#FCF297#FDF4A5#FDF6B4#FDF8C3#FEF9CD#FEFBDC#FEFDEB

Tones of #FBEB60

#EFE26B#E5DA76#D9D181#CFC88C#C3BF97#B9B7A2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #606FFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBEB60: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBEB60

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 #FBEB60: ·

How #FBEB60 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F482Deuteranopia · #F5F68ATritanopia · #FA9CA2

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 #FBEB60 rather than the exact color:

Palette 1d2b53
#1D2B53 · #7E2553 · #FF004D · #FAEF5D
Palette 4d2b8c
#4D2B8C · #85409D · #EEA727 · #FFEF5F
Palette D04848
#D04848 · #F3B95F · #FDE767 · #6895D2
Palette 332941
#332941 · #3B3486 · #864AF9 · #F8E559
Palette Faf562
#FAF562 · #F36A7B · #B824A4 · #AAAAAA
Palette Fee856
#FEE856 · #FFCE3E · #E65C7B · #834496

Similar colors

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

#FAEF5D#FFEF5F#FDE767#F8E559#FAF562#FEE856#FFE15D#FFEB55#F4E869#F6E96B#FFEA6C#FFEA54

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBEB5F  ·  #FBEB61 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBEB60?

#FBEB60 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 235, 96). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBEB60?

#FBEB60 is RGB 251, 235, 96 — HSL 54°, 95%, 68% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 62%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBEB60?

Its complement is #606FFB; analogous partners are #FB9E60 and #BDFB60. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBEB60 for text?

Black text on #FBEB60 has a contrast ratio of 17.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.