What is hex #FBAA12 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, 67% green and 7% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (251,170,18).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 32%, 93%, 2%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #FBAA12 features a hue of 39°, 93% saturation, and a brightness value of 98%.

Hex #FBAA12 Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (251,170,18)
CMYK Values (0%, 32%, 93%, 2%)
HSV/HSB Values (39°, 93%, 98%)
Closest Web Safe
#FF9900
Inverse Color
#0455ED
Closest Pantone®
1375 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1003 [Signal yellow]
Complementary Color
#1263FB

#FBAA12 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#929292
Lightness (Desaturation)
#868686
Weighted (BT601)
#B1B1B1
Luma (BT709)
#B0B0B0

Hex #FBAA12 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #FBAA12 is #1263FB. 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 #FBAA12 you will find #1263FB. 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.

#FBAA12 #1263FB

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #FBAA12 is composed with colors #FB3512 and #D7FB12. 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 #FBAA12 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.

#FB3512 #FBAA12 #D7FB12

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #FBAA12 is composed with colors #3512FB and #12D7FB. 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.

#FBAA12 #3512FB #12D7FB

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #FBAA12 is composed with colors #AA12FB and #12FBAA. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FBAA12 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.

#FBAA12 #AA12FB #12FBAA

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #FBAA12 is composed with colors #12FBAA, #1263FB and #FB1263 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.

#FBAA12 #12FBAA #1263FB #FB1263

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #FBAA12 is composed with colors #12FB35, #1263FB and #FB12D7 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 looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#FBAA12 #12FB35 #1263FB #FB12D7

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #FBAA12

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #FBAA12.

#FBAA12 #FBB126 #FBB83A #FCBF4E #FCC662 #FCCD76 #FDD58A #FDDC9E

Tones

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

#FBAA12 #EFA61D #E3A229 #D79F35 #CB9B41 #BF984D #B49458 #A89064

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#FBAA12 #F4A004 #E09303 #CC8603 #B87903 #A46C02 #905E02 #7C5102

Hex #FBAA12 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 #FBAA12
Java new Color(251,170,18);
Python Color(#FBAA12)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 251,170,18);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.98, green: 0.67, blue: 0.07, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(251, 170, 18)