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#FEB602 — Vivid Yellow

#FEB602 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 #FEB602 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.

#FEB602 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 #0149FE; it also sits naturally between #FE3801 and #C7FE01. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEB602 · RGB 254, 182, 2

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Color values

HEX#FEB602
RGB254, 182, 2
HSL43°, 99%, 50%
HSV43°, 99%, 100%
CMYK0%, 28%, 99%, 0%
XYZ57.61, 54.53, 7.55
Yxy54.53, 0.4813, 0.4556
CIE-Lab78.77, 14.66, 81.24
Hunter Lab73.85, 14.20, 43.21

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 71% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 99% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEB602 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEB602 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEB602

.text { color: #FEB602; }
.background { background-color: #FEB602; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEB602; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 182, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 99%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEB602; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 182, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEB602; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 182, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEB602">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEB602">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEB602

#E4A401#D09501#B78301#A27501#896201#705001#5B4200#422F00#2E2100#140F00

Tints of #FEB602

#FEBD1B#FEC32F#FECB48#FED05D#FED876#FEDF8F#FFE5A4#FFECBD#FFF2D1#FFF9EB

Tones of #FEB602

#ECAE13#DAA725#C89F37#B5974A#A38F5C#91876E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0149FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.76:1 Fails
Against black text11.91:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEB602: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEB602

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 #FEB602: ·

How #FEB602 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DFDE2EDeuteranopia · #E3E838Tritanopia · #FA5058

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 #FEB602 rather than the exact color:

Palette 007dcc
#007DCC · #FFB900 · #D10056 · #B2054C
Palette Ffb200
#FFB200 · #EB5B00 · #E4003A · #B60071
Palette Ffb200
#FFB200 · #EB5B00 · #D91656 · #640D5F
Palette 640d5f
#640D5F · #D91656 · #EB5B00 · #FFB200
Palette 004225
#004225 · #F5F5DC · #FFB000 · #FFCF9D
Sunset Boulevard
#6A040F · #DC2F02 · #F48C06 · #FFBA08

Similar colors

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

#FFB900#FFB200#FFB000#FFBA08#FFAF00#F9B208#FFBF00#FFC100#FFC107#FFAA00#FFC300#FFC400

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEB601  ·  #FEB603 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEB602?

#FEB602 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 182, 2). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEB602?

#FEB602 is RGB 254, 182, 2 — HSL 43°, 99%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 99%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEB602?

Its complement is #0149FE; analogous partners are #FE3801 and #C7FE01. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEB602 for text?

Black text on #FEB602 has a contrast ratio of 11.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.76:1.