HEX to RGB: #FBBF24
Also known as: Tailwind v3 amber-400
Result
#FBBF24 → rgb(251 191 36)
Values are shown at full precision, so converting back gives exactly #fbbf24. The rounded form is what you normally paste into CSS.
Step-by-step math
Every number below is computed from the input, nothing is looked up.
1. HEX → pairs
#FBBF24 → FB | BF | 24
2. base 16 → base 10
R = FB₁₆ = 15×16 + 11 = 251 G = BF₁₆ = 11×16 + 15 = 191 B = 24₁₆ = 2×16 + 4 = 36
3. RGB
rgb(251 191 36)
All formats
- HEX
- #fbbf24
- RGB
- rgb(251 191 36)
- RGB (legacy)
- rgb(251, 191, 36)
- HSL
- hsl(43.26 96.41% 56.27%) → hsl(43 96% 56%)
- HWB
- hwb(43 14% 2%)
- OKLCH
- oklch(0.837 0.164 84.4) · oklch(83.7% 0.164 84.4)
- OKLab
- oklab(0.837 0.016 0.164)
- Lab (D50)
- lab(81.25 13.27 77.10)
- LCH (D50)
- lch(81.25 78.24 80.23)
- Display P3
- color(display-p3 0.9481 0.7584 0.2939)
- Linear sRGB
- color(srgb-linear 0.9647 0.5210 0.0176)
Gamut: sRGB and Display P3
#FBBF24 is a hex color, so it sits inside sRGB and therefore inside Display P3. At this lightness and hue, sRGB reaches chroma 0.172 and Display P3 reaches 0.198; this color uses 96% of the sRGB chroma available.
CSS snippets
.element {
color: #fbbf24;
color: rgb(251 191 36);
color: hsl(43 96% 56%);
color: oklch(0.837 0.164 84.4);
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 */
@theme {
--color-brand: oklch(0.837 0.164 84.4);
}
/* arbitrary values */
class="text-[#fbbf24] bg-[oklch(0.837_0.164_84.4)]"
/* wide-gamut screens */
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.element { color: color(display-p3 0.9481 0.7584 0.2939); }
}
/* relative color syntax: 10% darker */
.element-dark { color: oklch(from #fbbf24 calc(l - 0.1) c h); }Nearby colors
Closest colors in the Tailwind and CSS named palettes (OKLab distance).
- amber-400#FFB900
- yellow-400#FDC700
- v3 yellow-400#FACC15
- yellow-500#F0B100
- v3 yellow-500#EAB308
- amber-300#FFD230
- v3 amber-300#FCD34D
- orange-300#FFB86A
Lighter and darker, same hue and chroma
- #FFD343 · oklch(0.897 0.164 84.4) · ΔL +0.06
- #E7AC00 · oklch(0.777 0.164 84.4) · ΔL −0.06
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