Colour

#FBEDB4

#FBEDB4
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FBEDB4 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 237, 180 and HSL 48°, 90%, 85%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FBEDB4#FBEDB4

HEX#FBEDB4

RGBrgb(251, 237, 180)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9294, 0.7059

RGB percentages98.4%, 92.9%, 70.6%

HSLhsl(48.2, 89.9%, 84.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.2, 28.3%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 28.3%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,510,388

CSS custom property--colour: #FBEDB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness235.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.87:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC

Inverted#04124B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9EAB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDEFB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE5DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.7 Moccasin · ΔE 7.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 8.4 Wheat · ΔE 8.6 Navajo white · ΔE 9 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.65, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B4C2FB

Analogous#FBCAB4, #E5FBB4

Triadic#B4FBED, #EDB4FB

Split complementary#B4E5FB, #CAB4FB

Tetradic#B4FBCA, #B4C2FB, #FBB4E5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FEF9E4

Darker −10%#F8E184

Darker −20%#F6D653

Darker −30%#F3CA23

Darker −40%#D8AF0B

More saturated +25%#FFEFB0

Less saturated −25%#F1E7BE

Channel breakdown

R251

G237

B180

Red251 (98.4%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue180 (70.6%)

Hue48.17°

Saturation (HSL)89.87%

Lightness84.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G ED · B B4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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