#fbd300

Color #fbd300

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Gold #ffd700 · ΔE 1.81 Nearest Tailwind class amber-300 #ffd230 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#fbd300

RGB

rgb(251, 211, 0)

HSL

hsl(50.4, 100%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.4, 100%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 100%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(85.56, -1.6, 85.99)

LCH

lch(85.56, 86, 91.07)

OKLCH

oklch(87.5%, 0.1797, 95.08)

HWB

hwb(50.4, 0%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0028fb

Analogous

#fb5500

#fbd300

#a6fb00

Triadic

#fbd300

#00fbd3

#d300fb

Split-complementary

#fbd300

#00a6fb

#5500fb

Tetradic

#fbd300

#28fb00

#0028fb

#d300fb

Square

#fbd300

#00fb55

#0028fb

#fb00a6

Shades

Color #fbd300 mixed toward black.

#d1b000

#a78d00

#7d6900

#544600

#2a2300

Tints

Color #fbd300 mixed toward white.

#ffdc27

#ffe352

#ffea7d

#fff1a9

#fff8d4

Tones

Color #fbd300 mixed toward gray.

#e6c515

#d1b62a

#bca83f

#a79a54

#928c69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ebea6f · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#edf07a · ΔE 13.4

Tritanopia

#f99197 · ΔE 46.4

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #fbd300;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fbd300]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#fbd300 (#fbd300) is rgb(251, 211, 0) in RGB.

No, #fbd300 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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