What is hex #FABF04 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 98% red, 75% green and 2% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (250,191,4).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 24%, 98%, 2%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #FABF04 features a hue of 46°, 98% saturation, and a brightness value of 98%.

Hex #FABF04 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #FABF04
RGB Values (250,191,4)
CMYK Values (0%, 24%, 98%, 2%)
HSV/HSB Values (46°, 98%, 98%)
Closest Web Safe
#FFCC00
Inverse Color
#0540FB
Closest Pantone®
7408 C
Closest RAL
RAL 2007 [Luminous bright orange]
Complementary Color
#043FFA

#FABF04 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#949494
Lightness (Desaturation)
#7F7F7F
Weighted (BT601)
#BBBBBB
Luma (BT709)
#BEBEBE

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #FABF04 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #FABF04

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #FABF04.

Contrast Ratio: 1.68:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #FABF04

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #FABF04.

Contrast Ratio: 12.52:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #FABF04 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #FABF04 is #043FFA. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #FABF04 you will find #043FFA. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #FABF04 is composed with colors #FA4404 and #BAFA04. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FABF04 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #FABF04 is composed with colors #4404FA and #04BAFA. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #FABF04 is composed with colors #BF04FA and #04FABF. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FABF04 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #FABF04 is composed with colors #04FABF, #043FFA and #FA043F A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #FABF04 is composed with colors #04FA44, #043FFA and #FA04BA To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #FABF04

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #FABF04.

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

Hex #FABF04 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #FABF04
Java new Color(250,191,4);
Python Color(#FABF04)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 250,191,4);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.98, green: 0.75, blue: 0.02, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(250, 191, 4)