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#FBF97E — Light Vivid Yellow

#FBF97E 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 #FBF97E 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.

#FBF97E 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 #7E80FB; it also sits naturally between #FBBB7E and #BFFB7E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBF97E · RGB 251, 249, 126

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Color values

HEX#FBF97E
RGB251, 249, 126
HSL59°, 94%, 74%
HSV59°, 50%, 98%
CMYK0%, 1%, 50%, 2%
XYZ77.43, 89.77, 32.98
Yxy89.77, 0.3868, 0.4484
CIE-Lab95.90, -15.36, 58.61
Hunter Lab94.75, -15.11, 42.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 98% · Blue 49%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 50% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBF97E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBF97E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBF97E

.text { color: #FBF97E; }
.background { background-color: #FBF97E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBF97E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 249, 126); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 94%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBF97E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 249, 126, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBF97E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 249, 126, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBF97E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBF97E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBF97E

#FAF75C#F9F639#F8F416#E4E007#C1BE06#9E9C05#7C7A04#595803#363602#141301

Tints of #FBF97E

#FBF988#FCFA92#FCFBA1#FCFBAB#FDFCB5#FDFCBF#FDFCC9#FEFDD7#FEFEE1#FEFEEB

Tones of #FBF97E

#F2F187#E9E890#E1DF99#D7D6A2#CFCEAB#C5C5B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7E80FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.95:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBF97E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBF97E

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 #FBF97E: ·

How #FBF97E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #FAFA9CDeuteranopia · #FAFAA3Tritanopia · #FBB3B8

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 · #CDDC39Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FBF97E rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff67e
#FFF67E · #BFEA7C · #9BCF53 · #416D19
Palette 6aece1
#6AECE1 · #26CCC2 · #FFF57E · #FFB76C
Palette F6f982
#F6F982 · #D9D46F · #FA5862 · #C64272
Palette F6fb7a
#F6FB7A · #B4E380 · #88D66C · #73BBA3
Palette Ffff80
#FFFF80 · #FFAA80 · #FF5580 · #FF0080
Palette Ddf796
#DDF796 · #F3FE7E · #979797 · #757575

Similar colors

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

#FFF67E#FFF57E#F6F982#F6FB7A#FFFF80#F3FE7E#F4F27E#F9F07A#FFFD75#FFF574#FFEF82#FFF078

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBF97D  ·  #FBF97F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBF97E?

#FBF97E is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 249, 126). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBF97E?

#FBF97E is RGB 251, 249, 126 — HSL 59°, 94%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 50%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBF97E?

Its complement is #7E80FB; analogous partners are #FBBB7E and #BFFB7E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBF97E for text?

Black text on #FBF97E has a contrast ratio of 18.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.