Recognised as Colour
#FBE5BD
- #FBE5BD
- Orange
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#FBE5BD is a orange with RGB values 251, 229, 189 and HSL 39°, 89%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#FBE5BD#FBE5BD
HEX#FBE5BD
RGBrgb(251, 229, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.898, 0.7412
RGB percentages98.4%, 89.8%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(38.7, 88.6%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38.7, 24.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK0%, 8.8%, 24.7%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,508,349
CSS custom property--colour: #FBE5BD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.80222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.04:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#041A42
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.04:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#BDD3FB
Analogous#FBC6BD, #F2FBBD
Triadic#BDFBE5, #E5BDFB
Split complementary#BDF2FB, #C6BDFB
Tetradic#BDFBC6, #BDD3FB, #FBBDF2
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R251
G229
B189
Red251 (98.4%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue38.71°
Saturation (HSL)88.57%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FB · G E5 · B BD
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