Colour

#FBEBAB

#FBEBAB
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FBEBAB is a yellow with RGB values 251, 235, 171 and HSL 48°, 91%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FBEBAB#FBEBAB

HEX#FBEBAB

RGBrgb(251, 235, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9216, 0.6706

RGB percentages98.4%, 92.2%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(48, 90.9%, 82.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 31.9%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 31.9%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,509,867

CSS custom property--colour: #FBEBAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.57:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#041454

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E8A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCEDADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE2DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.5 Moccasin · ΔE 9.3 Navajo white · ΔE 10.1 Wheat · ΔE 11.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.9 Khaki · ΔE 13.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.47, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ABBBFB

Analogous#FBC3AB, #E3FBAB

Triadic#ABFBEB, #EBABFB

Split complementary#ABE3FB, #C3ABFB

Tetradic#ABFBC3, #ABBBFB, #FBABE3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FDF7DC

Darker −10%#F9DF7A

Darker −20%#F6D44A

Darker −30%#F4C819

Darker −40%#D0A80A

More saturated +25%#FFEDA7

Less saturated −25%#F0E4B6

Channel breakdown

R251

G235

B171

Red251 (98.4%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)90.91%

Lightness82.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G EB · B AB

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Colour values

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