Colour

#FBEAA0

#FBEAA0
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FBEAA0 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 234, 160 and HSL 49°, 92%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FBEAA0#FBEAA0

HEX#FBEAA0

RGBrgb(251, 234, 160)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9176, 0.6275

RGB percentages98.4%, 91.8%, 62.7%

HSLhsl(48.8, 91.9%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.8, 36.3%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 36.3%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,509,600

CSS custom property--colour: #FBEAA0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81893WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness232.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.38:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#04155F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E69Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDECA3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.7 Khaki · ΔE 8.5 Navajo white · ΔE 13.6 Moccasin · ΔE 13.7 Wheat · ΔE 15.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 16.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A0B1FB

Analogous#FBBCA0, #DFFBA0

Triadic#A0FBEA, #EAA0FB

Split complementary#A0DFFB, #BCA0FB

Tetradic#A0FBBC, #A0B1FB, #FBA0DF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDF5D1

Darker −10%#F9DF6F

Darker −20%#F7D43E

Darker −30%#F5CA0D

Darker −40%#C7A308

More saturated +25%#FFED9C

Less saturated −25%#EFE2AC

Channel breakdown

R251

G234

B160

Red251 (98.4%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue160 (62.7%)

Hue48.79°

Saturation (HSL)91.92%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G EA · B A0

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Colour values

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