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#FDB91C — Vivid Yellow

#FDB91C is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orange (#FFA500) — not an exact match. CSS orange gives you #FFA500, a different color; use #FDB91C 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.

#FDB91C 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 #1C5FFD; it also sits naturally between #FD491C and #D0FD1C. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDB91C · RGB 253, 185, 28

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Color values

HEX#FDB91C
RGB253, 185, 28
HSL42°, 98%, 55%
HSV42°, 89%, 99%
CMYK0%, 27%, 89%, 1%
XYZ58.07, 55.66, 8.78
Yxy55.66, 0.4740, 0.4544
CIE-Lab79.42, 12.96, 78.11
Hunter Lab74.61, 12.54, 42.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 73% · Blue 11%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 89% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FDB91C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDB91C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDB91C

.text { color: #FDB91C; }
.background { background-color: #FDB91C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDB91C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 185, 28); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 98%, 55%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDB91C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 185, 28, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDB91C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 185, 28, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDB91C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDB91C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDB91C

#FCB103#E3A002#CA8E02#B17C02#976A02#795501#604301#473201#2D2000#140E00

Tints of #FDB91C

#FDBF30#FDC644#FDCC58#FED26D#FEDA86#FEE09A#FEE6AE#FEECC2#FFF3D7#FFF9EB

Tones of #FDB91C

#EDB32C#DDAC3C#CDA64C#BCA05C#AC996C#9C937C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1C5FFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.73:1 Fails
Against black text12.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDB91C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDB91C

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 #FDB91C: ·

How #FDB91C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0DF42Deuteranopia · #E4E94BTritanopia · #FA6067

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 #FDB91C rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff1ca
#FFF1CA · #FFB823 · #708A58 · #2D4F2B
Palette 134686
#134686 · #ED3F27 · #FEB21A · #FDF4E3
Modern Ruby Whisper
#1F0C3A · #FA3745 · #FAB522 · #F77A27
Amber Bloom
#B6660D · #F8C11F · #E9CD5C · #F4EBAB
Amber Ruby Aurora
#0E1623 · #32FA6B · #F9B314 · #69F844
Golden Ruby Tempest
#260C2F · #F86C25 · #76FE41 · #F9C224

Similar colors

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

#FFB823#FEB21A#FAB522#F8C11F#F9B314#F9C224#FCC61D#F5AD18#FFC81E#FAA81B#F9CA1E#FFB22C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDB91B  ·  #FDB91D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDB91C?

#FDB91C is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 253, 185, 28). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDB91C?

#FDB91C is RGB 253, 185, 28 — HSL 42°, 98%, 55% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 89%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDB91C?

Its complement is #1C5FFD; analogous partners are #FD491C and #D0FD1C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDB91C for text?

Black text on #FDB91C has a contrast ratio of 12.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.73:1.